Re: Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil: Wireless audio around your house

[Dane Trethowan]

I’ve never bothered with the user manual for Airfoil - whether it be Windows or 
Mac - and there are more than likely things I’ve missed, I just messed about 
with Airfoil until I got the product to do what I’ve wanted it to do.

I guess you can ask questions so I and others may answer.


> On 15 Jul 2016, at 1:16 AM, Fanus  wrote:
> 
> Hello Dane
> I did the upgrade and now I am just wondering: do you perhaps have a user 
> manual saved as one file. I notice that the manual on the site consists of 
> many links, so it would be nice to have a .txt or .docx file.
> Regards
> Fanus
> 
> 
> From: Dane Trethowan 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 8:32 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil: Wireless audio around your house
> 
> New versions of Airfoil have been released for Mac and Windows, discover what 
> this amazing audio streaming product can do.
> 
> I use both Airfoil on Windows and Mac, accessibility on the Windows PC is 
> okay, you can tab through the buttons and get to the menu system.
> 
> 
> 
>> https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ 
> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 

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Re: Its Goodbye To An Old And Faithful Product

[Dane Trethowan]

Ah the old Logitech Transporter, they’re worth a mint now on eBay.

I appreciate the sound of Sonos products but always refrained from buying any 
of their line for many of the reasons you mentioned, the closed nature of the 
product which doesn’t suit me.

I’m also at a loss - like you - to understand why Sonos products don’t play HD 
Audio and so on, you’re paying enough for them in my view.

The only hope you’ve got of using AirPlay with a Sons system is to used its 
line-in - assuming it has one of course as many Sonos models don’t - and 
connect an Airport Express or something similar to that.

A lot of systems are dropping AirPlay support now, the Bose Soundtouch systems 
have dropped AirPlay in favour of Bluetooth and in a way that makes perfect 
sense whilst in other ways its just crazy, you’ve got the Wi-Fi connectivity 
already established, the device is connected to the Network so why not leave 
AirPlay there along with Bluetooth? Ah well, gave up long ago trying to work 
out the reasoning behind some company’s and the way they think.

I have to admit a similar puzzle has me wondering when it comes to the Bowers 
And Wilkins Speaker systems such as the Z2, A5 and A7 devices, they support 
AirPlay and that’s nice but why not DLNA as well? DLNA Apps pick the Bowers And 
Wilkins speaker systems up but won’t play to them so I suspect DLNA support 
could be easily added via a firmware upgrade.


> On 14 Jul 2016, at 11:21 PM, John Gurd  wrote:
> 
> Hi Dane
> I know where you're coming from. A couple of weeks ago I had to disconnect my 
> Logitec Transporter from my system as it stopped working. It's over ten years 
> old so owes me nothing even though I paid a thousand quid for it at the time. 
> It's the best sounding streaming player I've ever had. It probably used the 
> same HTML interface as the one you used with your Boom and of course it 
> worked with an iPhone app called Ipeng which I got following a recommendation 
> from yourself. 
> 
> I've just replaced it with a much cheaper Sonos Connect. It sounds much 
> better than I expected but it can't play HD audio so I've got a small 
> collection of albums I'll actually have to downs ample. Still, the app is 
> very accessible and it gives me access to my Apple Music and Amazon Prime and 
> audio purchases as well as internet radio. I haven't actually scanned my own 
> home collection onto it yet so we'll see.
> 
> Before that I  got a Sonos Player 1 for my bedroom and was  so impressed I 
> got a second one to make up a stereo pair. The one big disadvantage with the 
> Sonos range though is it doesn't do AirPlay or even Bluetooth. That means I 
> can't use some of my iPhone audio apps with it. For instance, I have a great 
> audio Relaxation app that can't be played over it. 
> 
> Because it's a multi-room system the temptation is to keep adding to it but 
> I'd like to see the above drawbacks addressed before wading further into the 
> water. It does sound pretty damn good though, especially for the money. 
> That's not to say it's cheap, but it's certainly not the most expensive 
> system of it's type. 
> 
> John Gurd
> 
>> On 9 Jul 2016, at 6:49 am, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> Yep, seems my Logitech Squeezebox Boom has come to the end of the road as 
>> its not providing audio output any longer and I’ve reset the Boom a couple 
>> of times.
>> 
>> I bought the Squeezebox Boom around 5 years ago and during that time the 
>> Boom hasn’t missed a beat.
>> 
>> Accessibility was king with the Boom, I could pretty much set everything 
>> through the HTML Interface or through a wide variety of Smartphone Apps and 
>> that included multiple alarm clocks.
>> 
>> I have two Logitech Ultimate ears Smart Radios here and together they make a 
>> stereo pair of speakers and much of the accessibility I had with the Boom 
>> can still be enjoyed with the Smart Radios and they’re portable unlike the 
>> boom but.. well.. its just not the same.
>> 
>> 
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Microphone for iPhone

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

Someone was after a microphone they could use with their iPhone? Well I found 
this in the Australian Apple Store which may be the type of microphone that 
person was looking for.
Shure MOTIV MV88 Digital Stereo Condenser Microphone

http://store.apple.com/xc/product/HHRN2PA/B?cid=mail%20share





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the solution.

Re: Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil: Wireless audio around your house

[Fanus]

Hello Dane
I did the upgrade and now I am just wondering: do you perhaps have a user 
manual saved as one file. I notice that the manual on the site consists of many 
links, so it would be nice to have a .txt or .docx file.
Regards
Fanus


From: Dane Trethowan 
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 8:32 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Rogue Amoeba | Airfoil: Wireless audio around your house

New versions of Airfoil have been released for Mac and Windows, discover what 
this amazing audio streaming product can do.

I use both Airfoil on Windows and Mac, accessibility on the Windows PC is okay, 
you can tab through the buttons and get to the menu system.



> https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ 


**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: Its Goodbye To An Old And Faithful Product

[John Gurd]

Hi Dane
I know where you're coming from. A couple of weeks ago I had to disconnect my 
Logitec Transporter from my system as it stopped working. It's over ten years 
old so owes me nothing even though I paid a thousand quid for it at the time. 
It's the best sounding streaming player I've ever had. It probably used the 
same HTML interface as the one you used with your Boom and of course it worked 
with an iPhone app called Ipeng which I got following a recommendation from 
yourself. 

I've just replaced it with a much cheaper Sonos Connect. It sounds much better 
than I expected but it can't play HD audio so I've got a small collection of 
albums I'll actually have to downs ample. Still, the app is very accessible and 
it gives me access to my Apple Music and Amazon Prime and audio purchases as 
well as internet radio. I haven't actually scanned my own home collection onto 
it yet so we'll see.

Before that I  got a Sonos Player 1 for my bedroom and was  so impressed I got 
a second one to make up a stereo pair. The one big disadvantage with the Sonos 
range though is it doesn't do AirPlay or even Bluetooth. That means I can't use 
some of my iPhone audio apps with it. For instance, I have a great audio 
Relaxation app that can't be played over it. 

Because it's a multi-room system the temptation is to keep adding to it but I'd 
like to see the above drawbacks addressed before wading further into the water. 
It does sound pretty damn good though, especially for the money. That's not to 
say it's cheap, but it's certainly not the most expensive system of it's type. 

John Gurd

> On 9 Jul 2016, at 6:49 am, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Yep, seems my Logitech Squeezebox Boom has come to the end of the road as its 
> not providing audio output any longer and I’ve reset the Boom a couple of 
> times.
> 
> I bought the Squeezebox Boom around 5 years ago and during that time the Boom 
> hasn’t missed a beat.
> 
> Accessibility was king with the Boom, I could pretty much set everything 
> through the HTML Interface or through a wide variety of Smartphone Apps and 
> that included multiple alarm clocks.
> 
> I have two Logitech Ultimate ears Smart Radios here and together they make a 
> stereo pair of speakers and much of the accessibility I had with the Boom can 
> still be enjoyed with the Smart Radios and they’re portable unlike the boom 
> but.. well.. its just not the same.
> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
>