Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
mortslim;563721 Wrote: Here is what the poster firedog who has done a lot of criticizing of my consumer protection efforts here on the slim forums had to say on a different websites forum: So HDTracks got duped. Doesn't really bother me, except that I think they should notify everyone who downloaded the tracks in question (they have acc't info on record) and offer a partial refund or credit towards next purchase. To simply take the tracks off the site and expect visitors to a)notice; and b)then ask for a refund, is unrealistic. Simply a way for them to get away without compensating the customers. http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=81861.0 I guess firedog is a closet fan of mine after all ! And the scandal grows and grows !!! No, I'm not a fan, and I'd appreciate it if you'd not put words in my mouth. I still think the evidence on the thread shows that most of your long winded posts were based on incorrect technical and legal assumptions on your part, brought about by a)ignorance; and b)jumping to conclusions without checking facts. The fact that HD Tracks got duped has no relevance to most of the material you have written on the thread. And as they claimed from the start, they won't knowingly place uploaded material on their site. My above criticism of them regarding refunds still stands. That's a separate issue. I just don't like the corporate practice of refunding money or rebates b/c we all know it is a way not to actually refund anything in many cases. Long experience shows that such a system results in a very low payout. -- firedog Tranquil PC fanless WHS server running SqueezeServer; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; MF X-150 amp, MF V DAC3, Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Mirage MS-12 sub; Dual 506 + Ortofon 20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
Dave (Northumberland) Wrote: I just want to know if it is posible to use this one with Squeezeserver? I guess that nobody tried this one. There are some talks about SBS running on NAS here: http://www.avforums.com/forums/streamers-network-music-players/ Cheers, Mike. -- mdm mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Remote w/ Touch?
ChrisL01;563564 Wrote: Are there any good sources for buying the Remote standalone online? Use your Smartphone! I have a Duet, but I use my HTC Desire with the App Squeezecommander. - works great!! (price ~2-3) I can controll all of my SQB trough the web from everywhere. Quit funny, if your girlfriend stays longer in the bed. ;-) blabla the SQB turned on with max. Volume,bla bla :D hrhr I also can recomend the App iPeng on iPod Touch or iPhone (~7-10). instead buying a duet controller Buy a iPod Touch on Ebay! much cheaper an much smoother to controll!! Best Regards Stefan -- Kampfsau Kampfsau's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16413 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80609 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
Dave (Northumberland);563700 Wrote: I have no idea, I have been using an SD card since giving up trying to use a USB drive (worked sometimes, but far too annoying when it balls up). This is my first move into a NAS drive, I just want to know if it is posible to use this one with Squeezeserver? Yes, there are separate builds of the SBS server for NAS devices. But the hardware specs of the NAS (CPU type and speed, ROM, drive speed, etc..) are very important for the functionality and stability of running SBS. A NAS is simply a stripped down computer, but if you strip out too much you can start to encounter problems while running a server type program like SBS. Not unlike the issues you encountered running the Touch's inbuilt server. ;) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
aubuti;563800 Wrote: And you won't know until you find out the hardware specs (CPU, RAM) and whether you can get root (admin) access to install SBS. I took a look at the product page and specs and they don't give any of that info, so you'll have to do more research on places like NAS forums. If that's too much trouble, then I expect actually installing SBS on it will also be too much trouble for you. +1 and I'd be highly suspicious of a £48 (guessing $90) NAS/computer that has such specs to properly run a program like SBS. It might be the best NAS device ever put to market, but I'd strongly suggest investigating it's specs vs performance. ;) -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
toby10;563829 Wrote: +1 and I'd be highly suspicious of a £48 (guessing $90) NAS/computer that has such specs to properly run a program like SBS. It might be the best NAS device ever put to market, but I'd strongly suggest investigating it's specs vs performance. ;) You're probably right about the low price implying low specs, but it could also be priced low because it appears to be a discontinued model. All they had on the LaCie site was 1TB models and larger. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks finishing early and skipping to next song
Can you describe your ALAC files? What was used to encode them? Are they standard 44.1/16 files? -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80474 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
aubuti;563800 Wrote: And you won't know until you find out the hardware specs (CPU, RAM) and whether you can get root (admin) access to install SBS. I took a look at the product page and specs and they don't give any of that info, so you'll have to do more research on places like NAS forums. If that's too much trouble, then I expect actually installing SBS on it will also be too much trouble for you. I have a friend who can help me get it set up (a programmer) when I get a nas, but I dont know what I should be looking for in terms of specs etc when buying. Can someone tell me what are the minimum specs I need to be looking for and then I can look for them (or see if this has them). -- Dave (Northumberland) Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks finishing early and skipping to next song
andyg;563842 Wrote: Can you describe your ALAC files? What was used to encode them? Are they standard 44.1/16 files? i'm not that techie just ripped all my own cds using apple lossless in itunes and then copied them to the external hard disk - i initially wondered if it could have been down to the settings on the hd which is set to go to sleep after 10 mins so I started timing the gaps incase it was every 10 mins its not some time 2 or 3 mins sometimes 15 but i don't think i have ever managed to get through a full album without it doing it at least once. i have tried just playing an album from start to finish and skips and also tried setting up playlist with ipeng and its skips when the tracks are in a random order most of my albums don't have artwork as its not pulled through from itunes - i have a few where i have manually saved the artwork when itunes couldn't find it and this artwork is displayed but the problems are not just assosicated with those albums with artwork -- matengawhat matengawhat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80474 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
aubuti;563830 Wrote: You're probably right about the low price implying low specs, but it could also be priced low because it appears to be a discontinued model. All they had on the LaCie site was 1TB models and larger. (Meanwhile the OP has gone XP (crossposter) and put the same question on the SBS forum) I thought in hindsight this may have been posted in the wrong place, but I didnt know how to move it, so I re-posted it (and said it was a re-post). Sorry. -- Dave (Northumberland) Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
Dave (Northumberland);563844 Wrote: I have a friend who can help me get it set up (a programmer) when I get a nas, but I dont know what I should be looking for in terms of specs etc when buying. Can someone tell me what are the minimum specs I need to be looking for and then I can look for them (or see if this has them). I have run SBS 7.5 on a LinkStation Pro v1, which has 128MB RAM and a 400MHz ARM CPU. I'd say both are the very bare minimum you could use, and most people would say that is well below minimum, especially the RAM. The limitation isn't so much streaming, because it does that fine to multiple SBs. But scanning the music library is very slow, and the SBS web ui is very slow. Those limitations didn't bother me so much, because I got used to not using the web ui (the IR remote and SB Controller are much better anyway). Also, you don't have to rescan that often, and when you do, you can just start it and leave it until it's done. I think realistically you should be looking for at least 256MB RAM, or really 512MB. For the CPU I'm not sure, but probably at least 700MHz to 1GHz. Make sure that your programmer friend is clearly apprised of what he/she is getting into. Most NASs are extremely closed systems, to the point where some serious hacking is involved, and sometimes creating alternative firmware (all of which invalidates your warranty, btw). It's rarely as straightforward as opening up a terminal window on the NAS and issuing some standard commands. I think a more useful approach for you may be to look at the many NASs that are already _known_ to work with SBS. Look over in the 3rd Party Hardware forum and you'll find plenty, including some in the same price range. In particular you may want to look at the Sheevaplug, especially if you already have a USB drive that you will use for your music library. It's inexpensive, powerful enough, demands little electricity, and is well-supported by the community. Another good option to look at is the Vortexbox Appliance, although that is more expensive. Good luck. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
aubuti;563857 Wrote: I have run SBS 7.5 on a LinkStation Pro v1, which has 128MB RAM and a 400MHz ARM CPU. I'd say both are the very bare minimum you could use, and most people would say that is well below minimum, especially the RAM. The limitation isn't so much streaming, because it does that fine to multiple SBs. But scanning the music library is very slow, and the SBS web ui is very slow. Those limitations didn't bother me so much, because I got used to not using the web ui (the IR remote and SB Controller are much better anyway). Also, you don't have to rescan that often, and when you do, you can just start it and leave it until it's done. I think realistically you should be looking for at least 256MB RAM, or really 512MB. For the CPU I'm not sure, but probably at least 700MHz to 1GHz. Make sure that your programmer friend is clearly apprised of what he/she is getting into. Most NASs are extremely closed systems, to the point where some serious hacking is involved, and sometimes creating alternative firmware (all of which invalidates your warranty, btw). It's rarely as straightforward as opening up a terminal window on the NAS and issuing some standard commands. I think a more useful approach for you may be to look at the many NASs that are already _known_ to work with SBS. Look over in the 3rd Party Hardware forum and you'll find plenty, including some in the same price range. In particular you may want to look at the Sheevaplug, especially if you already have a USB drive that you will use for your music library. It's inexpensive, powerful enough, demands little electricity, and is well-supported by the community. Another good option to look at is the Vortexbox Appliance, although that is more expensive. Good luck. Thanks aubuti, thats the sort of info I was after. Altough I am still not sure what I am going to get now! -- Dave (Northumberland) Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
I should also add that you shouldn't get too hung up on getting a NAS. Most of them are closed systems and designed to run file server software, which is less demanding than SBS. Instead, give a careful look at low-powered computers, which are more flexible than NASs, more powerful than most NASs, and sometimes just as energy efficient. And just like a NAS you can run them headless (with no monitor, keyboard, or mouse), instead logging in from another computer. And don't forget that NASs are simply low-powered, specialized computers. Which reminds me...you posted in the SBS forum that you're planning to connect the NAS directly to the Touch, with no home network. How are you planning to put your music on the NAS? Disconnect it from the Touch, connect it to your computer, transfer files, then reconnect it to the Touch? That's certainly doing things the hard way. You would also be giving up a lot of the control of SBS, since if the NAS isn't on a home network then the only way you can connect to it is through the Touch. The Touch simply doesn't have the UI for a lot of the settings you might like to configure on whatever device you have running SBS. Presumably you have your reasons for wanting to do things this way, but I don't really get it yet. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
aubuti;563864 Wrote: I should also add that you shouldn't get too hung up on getting a NAS. Most of them are closed systems and designed to run file server software, which is less demanding than SBS. Instead, give a careful look at low-powered computers, which are more flexible than NASs, more powerful than most NASs, and sometimes just as energy efficient. And just like a NAS you can run them headless (with no monitor, keyboard, or mouse), instead logging in from another computer. And don't forget that NASs are simply low-powered, specialized computers. Which reminds me...you posted in the SBS forum that you're planning to connect the NAS directly to the Touch, with no home network. How are you planning to put your music on the NAS? Disconnect it from the Touch, connect it to your computer, transfer files, then reconnect it to the Touch? That's certainly doing things the hard way. You would also be giving up a lot of the control of SBS, since if the NAS isn't on a home network then the only way you can connect to it is through the Touch. The Touch simply doesn't have the UI for a lot of the settings you might like to configure on whatever device you have running SBS. Presumably you have your reasons for wanting to do things this way, but I don't really get it yet. I got the Touch with the intention of using it as a stand alone source in a relatively high end hifi (its by far the cheapest part). I have a very good audio configured PC already but I want something I can just play music from without having to wait for something to boot up, as well as being totally fanless (silent) for late night low volume listening. Although I do get a lot of new music I am happy to transfer across to a nas drive like this once a weeks or so. I may get round to setting up a home network in a few months after I have moved house, the benefits long term are probably worth the cost/hassle of sorting it out. I havnt even installed SBS on my PC so I am oblivious to any advanced feature, although I would probably never use them as I just want out and out sound quality and im not bothered about features. -- Dave (Northumberland) Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks finishing early and skipping to next song
The issue still happens to me under 7.6... wouldn't the fix in 7.5.2 have been carried foward. Also now that I'm. Using 7.6 how so I revert to 7.5.2? Thanks Tony -- tony.s tony.s's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80474 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
aubuti;563882 Wrote: If you think that sound quality is not affected by server settings (which you dismiss as features) then you need to learn more about SBS. One simple example is the lively debate on whether you get better sound quality by decoding on the server or on the Touch, which is determined by SBS settings that you cannot access via the Touch. Once you start using SBS you'll learn more. I will look into it more thoroughly when its all set up. If it makes it sound better im all for it, I had no idea about external decoding debate! The Touch is great, but I am hoping they sort something out to replace the transporter that can handle a local library of files without a network. Or, Linn start making something thats a bit more plug and play than their DS stuff. PS. I had my Touch with an old Tag Mclaren DAC up against a friends £3k Linn DS and the Touch kicked the Linns ass. Better soundstage, much tighter Bass, just better all round (2 others also agreed). I was surprised due to the massive price difference. -- Dave (Northumberland) Dave (Northumberland)'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37753 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB drive + SB Touch, any chance of luck?
Thanks! -- Shahab Shahab's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39240 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79943 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
How difficult would it be to simply upsample 24/44.1 material and the mix in some supersonic noise to make it look like it's hirez? I presume these upsampled tracks were discovered when someone found there was no energy above 44.1 (or 48) kHz. As far as I know there is no sure-fire test for whether a source is hirez anyway. -- Leigh Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks finishing early and skipping to next song
I updated my firmware and it seems to be happening sporadically at this point. Some tracks it truncates, some it doesn't. I am also having an issue with the the first track of any CD dropping out after about 10 seconds. I think this thing just doesn't buffer well enough to handle ALAC files (not sure about other large files). The Touch just doesn't seem to have the memory it should to pull of what it is supposed to do. The fanboys on here can go on and on how it's unfair that us USB connector users are badmouthing the product, but plain and simple - this thing does not work well at all. I bought the Touch so that I didn't have to have a computer running constantly to use this type of device. That seems to be the only way this works as it should. -- metalbob metalbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80474 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
Over a year ago, the same issues were disclosed on the following forum: http://www.sa-cd.net/forum Use that forum's search box for BIS thread and then click to the appropriate pages cited below: (BIS is the name of a record label and bissie is Robert von Bahr, CEO, BIS Records) (Bruce is the owner of Puget Sound Studios) Thread: BIS thread, page 61 June 12, 2009 Post by bissie June 9, 2009 (606 of 1549) HDtracks said: Concerning the issue of HDtracks selling BIS content at 88.2/24 and the content of our high resolution store in general, all hi-res content on HDtracks is native hi-res. We have conversion charts posted on our welcome page for our hi-res store. HDtracks receives files in 88/24, 96/24, 176/24, 192/24 and DSD (SACD). All DSD files must be converted to PCM because the web does not support DSD (SACD). HDtracks has done extensive listening tests to find the best way to convert there formats. We believe that in double blind listening tests on the best equipment one cannot tell the native file from the HDtracks files. The HDtracks Team Hi, HDtracks, before anyone else tells you, let me do it. We do record most of our SACD:s in 44,1/24. We delivered physical SACD:s to you, (Edit: via our contact person in the US) which were, of course, upsampled to DSD. You reconverted them to 88,2/24 and, if I understand correctly, charge a premium for them as against 44,1/24. This shouldn't be. Very best - Robert (von Bahr, CEO, BIS Records). Post by canonical June 9, 2009 (608 of 1549) In case anyone is wondering what brought about the above 3 posts ... I was browsing the HDTracks site a short time ago, and was surprised to notice that HDTracks were still selling BIS recordings in their hi-rez 96 kHz store ... 3 weeks after this issue erupted here. So, I popped off an email to HDTracks, asking them to clarify the matter. I got back a response almost immediately ... they appeared to be completely unaware of the matter. To their credit, they acted immediately to fix the matter up ... literally within about 20 minutes of my emailing them ... Here is their reply ... === Thank you for your email and pointing this out to us. We take this matter very seriously and we have removed the BIS catalog from our hi-res store while we get to the bottom of this. In our negotiations with our label partners, for hi-res content, we have asked that they provide us with native hi-res content only. We have made it clear that we only want native hi-res files and nothing else, nothing upsampled and we trusted our partners to provide us with this. Unfortunately, thanks to you and the others on the SA-CD.net forum, it has been brought to our attention that it appears that this is not the case. We are currently in the process of contacting our label partners to reconfirm that what they have sent us is in fact native hi-res. If we find out that they are not, they will be taken off of our hi-res section of the site immediately. Please be assured that HDtracks would not and will not intentionally sell anything in the hi-res store that is not native hi-res. Again, thank you for bringing this to our attention. Sincerely, The HDtracks Team Post by bissie June 9, 2009 (609 of 1549) canonical said: In case anyone is wondering what brought about the above 3 posts ... I was browsing the HDTracks site a short time ago, and was surprised to notice that HDTracks were still selling BIS recordings in their hi-rez 96 kHz store ... 3 weeks after this issue erupted here. So, I popped off an email to HDTracks, asking them to clarify the matter. I got back a response almost immediately ... they appeared to be completely unaware of the matter. To their credit, they acted immediately to fix the matter up ... literally within about 20 minutes of my emailing them ... Here is their reply ... === Thank you for your email and pointing this out to us. We take this matter very seriously and we have removed the BIS catalog from our hi-res store while we get to the bottom of this. In our negotiations with our label partners, for hi-res content, we have asked that they provide us with native hi-res content only. We have made it clear that we only want native hi-res files and nothing else, nothing upsampled and we trusted our partners to provide us with this. Unfortunately, thanks to you and the others on the SA-CD.net forum, it has been brought to our attention that it appears that this is not the case. We are currently in the process of contacting our label partners to reconfirm that what they have sent us is in fact native hi-res. If we find out that they are not, they will be taken off of our hi-res section of the site immediately. Please be assured that HDtracks would not and will not intentionally sell anything in the
[SlimDevices: Touch] new user favorites question
Just got a touch today. Is there anyway to set a favorite on internet radio stations say shoutcast so that computer does not have to be on. Kinda confusing with SB server and my SB.com. Have a roku M1001 and you easily could add stations to favs or presets. Whats the tricks. Thanks -- franklyfred franklyfred's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39410 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80643 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
Ive distilled down to its essence the two most important comments (from my above post) that were posted a year ago on another website from the owner of BIS Records as to HDTracks knowledge: June 12, 2009 Hi, HDtracks, before anyone else tells you, let me do it. We do record most of our SACD:s in 44,1/24. We delivered physical SACD:s to you, (Edit: via our contact person in the US) which were, of course, upsampled to DSD. You reconverted them to 88,2/24 and, if I understand correctly, charge a premium for them as against 44,1/24. This shouldn't be. Very best - Robert (von Bahr, CEO, BIS Records). If they were unaware of the matter, they must have stopped reading emails. Immediately when this question was raised, I contacted our representative in the US (who negotiated the deal) and told her to please inform HDtracks immediately that they are selling 44,1 as 88,2. She said she did, twice. We have no direct contact whatsoever with HDtracks or any other DSP - for that we use an intermediary company. Since 44,1/24 still is considered Hires I don't see any other problems. Robert -- mortslim mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
Here are the similar comments by Bruce a year apart from each other: June 12, 2009 When we did the DSD transfers of the BIS label, we did not listen to all of the discs. We had over a hundred SACD's to rip in a week. We had no way of knowing or even questioning the source data. We have had SACD's that come in here sounding like crap even though the source files were pure DSD. No one is to blame here. HDtracks was as clueless as we were. Regards, Bruce 07-16-2010 I'm finding more and more labels that take the RBCD layer and just upsample it to DSD and call it an SACD. I've checked almost a hundred today for HDtracks and over half are upsampled. Go figure Regards, Bruce A. Brown Puget Sound Studios Seattle, WA -- mortslim mortslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11039 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74688 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] LaCie 500GB d2 Ethernet Disk Mini
Dave (Northumberland);563900 Wrote: I will look into it more thoroughly when its all set up. If it makes it sound better im all for it, I had no idea about external decoding debate! The Touch is great, but I am hoping they sort something out to replace the transporter that can handle a local library of files without a network. Or, Linn start making something thats a bit more plug and play than their DS stuff. PS. I had my Touch with an old Tag Mclaren DAC up against a friends £3k Linn DS and the Touch kicked the Linns ass. Better soundstage, much tighter Bass, just better all round (2 others also agreed). I was surprised due to the massive price difference. I was going to recommend a vortexbox micro appliance, its about the size of your hand, no fans, a 500G disk and a very nice atom processor and plenty of memory. It comes with linux and SBS preinstalled. It uses 5 watts. Its actually smaller than many USB drives. Its the easiest way in the universe to get an external server up and running. But unfortunately they seemed to have stopped making it! They just have its big brother, the regular vortexbox appliance with a 1TB disk and optical drive for ripping. That one DOES have a fan. Its designed to be used in away from the listening position connected over a network. Now you CAN build your own micro appliance, its built on the FitPC2 which you can buy from Amazon. But that only comes with a 160G disk (or no disk) so if you want more than 160G you would have to put in a larger capacity disk. (installing a disk is quite easy). The other part is loading the vortexbox software (which includes SBS). Right now the only way to install it is with a CD, but the fitPC2 is tool small to have a CD, so you have to use a USB CD drive. You don't need it for operation, just installation. Other than that its a piece of cake! Anyway its a thought if you want something small, low power and fanless. John S. -- JohnSwenson JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80602 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
