Re: [slim] Transporter Not Playing
I don't know what your setup is, but the Transporter doesn't pass through digital signals (i.e. signals from a digital input will only be output to the analog outputs). riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106175 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Demise of the Transporter
rrgmrg wrote: > Thank you Greg. I'm afraid I already sent it to E Waste. Probably should > have kept it for parts and pursued a repair, it would have been nice to > have a backup. > > Randy Ouch!! People would have bought it just for a working display and the knob. riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104431 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Status of various Squeezebox replacement projects/products?
JJZolx wrote: Wait a minute... I was under the impression that the Aries Mini could function as a Squeezebox client. But as I read about it, I don't see any mention of that. Since it's running Linux, I suppose it could be done with some tinkering, but if the product doesn't function natively as a Squeezebox, how in the world can it be viewed as Squeezebox replacement? Hence my comment. There are all kinds of devices or combination of devices that can get a song from a hard drive to your speakers; but are they able to match the user interface of LMS? I've resigned myself to having to use some form of wireless device in the future, as having a device with a display just doesn't seem in the cards. riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103588 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Status of various Squeezebox replacement projects/products?
axelwin wrote: Yep, sounds really good replacement solution to old SBT, more informations here : http://www.audiostream.com/content/auralic-ariesmini http://www.digitalaudioreview.net/2015/05/auralic-launch-aries-mini-streamer-at-munich-high-end-2015/ Internal DAC compatible with streaming services (like Qobuz) DSD compatible internal hard drive can be added $400 only sound quality potentially close to much more expensive streamer + dac system I think it will all come down to the interface. Can their Control App match LMS? riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103588 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech Announces New Line of Squeezebox Hardware Players
Almost got me :) riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103438 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Added to the long list of Squeezebox replacements....
No screen = no squeezebox riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103315 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch
Any computer on the network can access LMS through a web browser, so any old computer/laptop etc can be used to control the touch. riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102086 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?
800 Euros is ridiculous. I paid $300 CDN earlier this year for one on Canuck Audio Mart. I'd suggest keeping an eye on ebay, UK / Europe audio mart, what ever online sites you have over there until you can find one at a reasonable price. As for the original question, I even run my Transporter through a DAC (Audio-gd Master 7). If you find a really good DAC you can keep it for a long time and just switch out various components. riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101698 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB Classic, strange problem with a recently acquired unit
See the other thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?100917-SB-Classic-won-t-connect-to-Wifi-or-LMS riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101034 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] This is what the perfect Squeezebox looks like
All I see is an extra line of data and a nicer faceplate. No Aes/EBU or BNC in; no balanced out. Still, it might be an interesting machine. I wonder what OEM the innards are? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87547 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jazz FM 91 from Toronto Canada
Search around a bit. I know they offer streams for WMP and a few others. I haven't looked into it much since I can receive it live via my tuner. BTW, it is the best station sonically in Toronto. Uncompressed signal. I used it to demo my excess tuners and receivers when I was clearing house a few years ago. I'm not even a big jazz fan, but I put it on once in a while just to remind myself what FM was like once. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74777 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Standalone phono stage?
The main advantage I find to old LP's is their superior mastering. They played fewer tricks in the old days and the CD's and even the remastered LP's have suffered since. Play the original Vanda/Young AC/DC albums versus CD vs Digital Remastered Lp's for an example of what I am talking about. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69989 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Put the sample rate in the Transporter display window
It's a good feature to make it easier to test your setup of input sources. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67976 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Computer Won't Stay In Standby Mode When SqueezeCenter Is Running
In the menu's for the Intel NIC try ticking only Wake on Magic Packet. That works for me, and still allows me to wake the server using the Transporter and WOL. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64961 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter pricing
aes;276487 Wrote: This thing's been out for a couple of years now. Does anyone have any insight on why no one (at least no reliable source) is discounting the Transporter off the $1999 price? Have you tried your local dealer? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44345 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter II form factor
The larger the screen the better for me, so I say keep the current form factor and make it even taller, with a bigger screen. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43697 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Digital audio out via USB
You mean you have to go from USB to RCA Coax? There are a number of devices that will do that, including the Hagerman HagUSB: http://www.hagtech.com/hagusb.html They also do a USB to AES/EBU version. I don't know about Mac, but the HagUSB will set up automatically in XP. You really don't have to do much of anything. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
I will concede that I may be the luckiest shipper in the world. I have never had a problem with UPS. Canada Post on the other hand: No attempt to deliver/ falsified notices of delivery attempts, so I have to pick it up myself. No attempt to deliver/no falsified notification of attempt to deliver resulted in something being sent back to the US. Our local postal outlet dropped the franchise because they spent all their time handling parcels that the post office never attempted to deliver. The lineups got so bad that they where interfering with normal store traffic. The tracking for Canada Post/USPS is a joke, if the parcel tracks at all. Three weeks in customs versus three hours. etc. etc etc. As for the UPS Brokerage fee. If you don't ship ground then there is no brokerage fee. If Ground is your only choice, push the numbers and pick the supplier with the lowest all-in cost. If it's to my advantage, I use UPS ground. Still, one of the funniest threads I read a few years ago was some guy who was indignant about UPS, so he put the supplier through hoops to send it Fedex Ground. Had a good laugh about that one. One bit of advice. If you are dealing with a local dealer, make sure you negotiate. I did so on my Transporter and got a very good deal. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Where to buy in Canada
nicketynick;244773 Wrote: Hi fellow Canucks, considering what a pain it was dealing with UPS I hope you're not buying into all the UPS is Satan nonsense. Are you really willing to pay an extra $70 or so to avoid UPS? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40499 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pricing and Exchange Rates
Mark Lanctot;240591 Wrote: So? The Canadian dollar is now worth $1.07 US. But prices haven't changed here, we still pay a $5 - $15 premium for books, cards and magazines, a ~40% premium for audio equipment, and a car costs about $10 000 more here. It turns out that the exchange rate has very little to do with pricing. Things are priced at what the manufacturer feels the market will bear. That doesn't make it right, but that's how it is. Europe is more expensive to do business in than the U.S. due to taxes and bureaucracy - so is Canada. Yes, so true. I love the big hubub here in Canada over this. When the exchange rate was 1.5 and everything was priced at 1.7x the US price, no one complained because they where too dumb to do simple math :) Same with the cars. The cars being overpriced has been known for years. There is a (as of this morning) 539 page thread on redflagdeals that started in June 2006 on this subject. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39979 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dedicated PC - current thoughts on specs?
I'm running Slimserver on a Celeron 600 with 512KB of RAM. The main problem is that the drives churn if I run the web application which, along with slim tray, java, etc. use up too much ram. Since I rarely use the web ap, this isn't a big problem. In other words, if my motherboard could take more ram, I would install it. Otherwise, a pretty minimal set-up is all that is required. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40006 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver fails to run on system start
Just to follow up, I was on my server today and this is apparently how the file is called: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\SlimServer Tray Tool.lnk -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver fails to run on system start
There should be a file SlimTray.exe in your program files. Exactly how it is called, I don't know. All I know is that I disabled it through Windows Defender, and I no longer run Slimserver at startup. Maybe there is a setting somewhere in Slimserver? -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39479 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter bug with external digital inputs
Another user with this bug. I received my Transporter today and I am just testing it. Pretty brutal that something would be released with such an obvious flaw. -- riffer riffer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13459 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36959 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
