Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch start up time?
toby10;496645 Wrote: AMEN! We should have been building small nukes all along, like France. What are they up to now, like 70% nuke power? They did it (and continue to do it) right in regards to power generation. Clearly off topic, but well, we currently have 3 or 4 nuclear power plants down for maintenance (and maintenance on these plants requires months if not years), and have to run fossil fuel based power plants to handle the energy consumption overhead due to the cold wave of the latest weeks. Unlike many other (northern) European countries that didn't want to rely solely on nuclear energy, France is really late in the domain of clean energy... -- sebp Transporter, SB Classic, SB Receiver, SB Boom, SB Radio, SB Touch, 2 SB Controllers Will soon need a bigger home - 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch start up time?
bpa;496702 Wrote: I should have measured before writing that - I had assumed like boom there was a large cap. I think there is a large capacitor in Radio to keep the clock running during power outages wake it before the next alarm, but I think that's all the supercap provides. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BlankSaver.html) 'ContextMenu' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/ContextMenu.html) 'FuzzyTime' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/FuzzyTime.html) 'KidsPlay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KidsPlay.html) 'KitchenTimer' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/KitchenTimer.html) 'PlayLog' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PlayLog.html) 'PowerCenter/BottleRocket' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/PowerCenter.html) 'SaverSwitcher' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SaverSwitcher.html) 'SettingsManager' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SettingsManager.html) 'SleepFade' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SleepFade.html) 'StatusFirst' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html) 'SyncOptions' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/SyncOptions.html) 'VolumeLock' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/VolumeLock.html) peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter
Has anyone seen the jitter specs? For a good DAC like Benchmark Dac1 Pre, the jitter will not have to be too good as the Dac will compensate. The power supply is not likely to have a significant impact for this application either. My use will be to have the Touch transfer data for the PC over the WiFi network and deliver to Benchmark DAC1 or Arcam FMJ AV8 as the pre themn to Parasound JC1 monoblocks and then to BW 802D. This should make for very clean digital system and opens up the ability to downlaod and play high res digital tracks from Linn, HDTracks, etc. -- jazznsoccer jazznsoccer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34866 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70623 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Olive 2 Player ?
mdconnelly;495288 Wrote: If you're vested in Squeezeboxen, then the HP DreamScreen (or many of the Netbooks or an IPod for that matter) make a great alternative to the Squeezebox Controller, but hardly a Touch replacement. That's what I would use it for, but really iPeng working with a fast server is like a dream. I mean its right up there with Apple's remote application. Its actually better in that there is far more functionality than Remote thanks to 3rd party support like MusicIP and Trackstat. I have to say $250 for the controller is a little out of line these days. There have been times I have been so fed up with the SB system due to constant bugs, things breaking between releases, just a real PITA to deal with. I researched Sonos, Olive and others. Costs was not a real issue because of the level of frustration with this product. But ultimately it was the 3rd party support that kept me trying again with this system. If you're willing to lose some capabilities mostly related to information about tracks and just to listen, then I doubt anyone could beat a computer running iTunes and an Airport Express. I maintain a copy of my library in ALAC just so I run it as a backup in case SB screws up. Sure optical out isn't the same as coaxial but it will make do when it is the only working system. I'd say if Olive gets a music recommendation engine like Genius or MusicIP and it allows and keeps track of stats then it would easily draw away people from the Transporter. The ideal I suppose would be to have both. -- sxr71 sxr71's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72397 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter
I'd have to say to buy a transporter just for its ability to feed a DAC would be among the lower things in the totem pole to put your money towards. I would upgrade my headphones, my amp and my DAC first. -- sxr71 sxr71's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70623 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch start up time?
Philip Meyer;496339 Wrote: You shut it down by pulling the plug, its designed for that. I'm not so sure about that. The power cable is right next to the USB socket, which is kind of awkward at best. I find inserting/extracting a USB stick quite awkward (especially as I tend to do unintended actions on the touch screen whilst turning the device around to work out what way round the USB stick is meant to be inserted). I think that pulling the power cord out and back in is going to cause a bit of wear over time. It reminds me of my ZX Spectrum days :-( I can't understand why there's still no physical device On/Off power switch. Every device in the world has one, except Squeezeboxes. TV's, HiFi equipment, mobile phones, iPods... There is a reset button, which I wasn't aware of at first - it sits just above the power socket, a tiny slightly recessed round microswitch. So if the device locks up, you can press it to power cycle, or hold in for a while to do a factory reset. But I still like to power the device off every so often, eg, when I know I'm going to be away for a week or so. I think the eject button should be an eject for one press and power off for 2 presses. -- sxr71 sxr71's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18773 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72685 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
