Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
JohnSwenson;602505 Wrote: Done right all these software tweaks really are unnecessary to achieve the best sound. Yep that's in fact the challenge. Doing things right! Though if products sell well, you got it done right! ;) It's always a matter of perspective. Soundwise, 99,9 % of those products out there are affected. All manufacturers have to live with certain compromises. Though I think we should put this discussion into the right perspective. We're talking highest-end stuff here. At 250$+PS+SW mods, you'll able to achieve audiophile levels with the Touch. And there is still some space left. I could live with my setup for a long long time. Cheers -- soundcheck 'soundcheck's audio@vise - Squeezebox Touch Toolbox 2.0' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/2011/01/soundchecks-squeezebox-touch-toolbox-20.html) soundcheck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
ste1;602472 Wrote: Nb - Why not approach Logitech to turn it into an Official plugin ? I'm wondering if they like what they read over here resp. find at my blog. 1. There's not much left of that original product by the time you're done with the mods. It'll be a Duet II kind of device. No frills , just sound! 2. And then there is the transporter. (Although Mercedes is not making the money with the S-class.) 3. And I pretty much propose things the other way around as they're doing it. Flac decoding on the server etc.. Still I think if words spreads around about that added audiophile potential they gonna sell even more Touches. If they want to talk about integrating my solution -- I'll be here. -- soundcheck 'soundcheck's audio@vise - Squeezebox Touch Toolbox 2.0' (http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/2011/01/soundchecks-squeezebox-touch-toolbox-20.html) soundcheck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34383 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Registered Logitech product, got 20% off Touch!
I got a 10% voucher for registering my M705 mouse yesterday. But I bought the M705 with a 20% trade-in voucher (valid on any purchases for the next month) on a very old MX-510 mouse - the trade-in offer is clickable from the Logitech website. Print out a label, and the voucher code is instantly live. So any old Logitech stuff hanging round is worth money off! -- urardo urardo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41952 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84754 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Klaus, I got a couple of questions. 1. Does the SB3 allow same kind of soft-modifications? Just curious... 2. I did not invest in the PSU yet. I respect Phil's and SeanAdams critical opinion about this topic in regards to the SB Touch, the PSU of the Touch is much already much better than SB3. I realize that this topic has been completely discussed to death, and it is not difficult to predict what their perspective is, especially when it comes to the impact on the digital out. I am interested what your experience is. You recommend the PSU upgrade (specifically the Sbooster filter component) on your blog, and I can imagine how it could improve the analog output (the PSU is a key component in NAIM's vision on sound quality, and I experienced it my-self with the Hi-CAP upgrade). But what can I expect when I'm only using the digital out? Is the difference just as noticeable as your soft-mod? 3. Lastly, when the mod is activated I see there are multiple components to it. I understand the potential impact of disabling featutes/input/outputs. But what do the other mods do? Too many questions... -- Flextreme Flextreme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42996 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playlists
AAAHH still not working. It was so much easier running it all on my old pc but much more mess.. I'm using Winamp 5.581 on my windows xp web book or windows 7 laptop - New playlist. Browsing to my network Then \\SQUEEZEBOXTOUCH\media-sda1\flac albums and adding in the files Then File Save playlist - as M3U and saving in \\SQUEEZEBOXTOUCH\media-sda1\playlists. The playlist name appears on squeezecommander and Touch but no files! -- tank121 tank121's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17169 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84763 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Just finished a blind A/B comparison (through some scripting), randomizing the enabling or disabling of SoundCheck's mod. Out of 16, I got 10 times right. To be honest, my subjectively perceived difference is (much) bigger than objective one (doing blind A/B's). I clearly prefer the modded Touch emotionally, and still do. The blind comparisons learned me however that the difference is very subtle, and not that simple to identify (in my set-up, I cannot speak for others). Doing blind A/B's is actually not a very relaxing activity. The subjective difference in sound quality is far greater, which is OK for me. But if you expect/hope for whatever reason a better sound quality (expensive cables is a very good example in my mind), it is truly difficult to be objective. Seems like this is just my own little reality check. :-) -- Flextreme Flextreme's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42996 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
Flextreme;602673 Wrote: Just finished a blind A/B comparison (through some scripting), randomizing the enabling or disabling of SoundCheck's mod. Out of 16, I got 10 times right. To be honest, my subjectively perceived difference is (much) bigger than objective one (doing blind A/B's). Interesting. Could you tell us more about the details of your A/B comparison, e.g., set up, which of soundcheck's mods were involved, length of time you listened, genre of music, etc.? Guido F. -- guidof *Front End*: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge; Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player; Oppo BDP--83 Universal Player; Squeezebox Touch Music File Player (digital out to Cambridge Azur 840C DAC) *Preamps*: Conrad Johnson Motif (Phono); Adcom GFP-750 (Line) *Amps*: Music Reference RM-200 Mk II (Main); Little Tube Mk III (Phones) *Subwoofer Equalizer*: DSpeaker Antimode 8033 *Speakers*: Martin Logan SL3s; REL T1 Subwoofer *Headphones*: AKG K701 guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] High-res downloads in CANADA?
K..I just want to add this if that can help anyone from Canada. As i've posted earlier i was able to download high-res files from linn and also from AIX RECORDS. Now just tryed to register with pandora but failed. My question is: is there a way to register with pandora or similar sites from Canada? Thanx. AL. -- aln aln's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84399 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC
I have the same setup SBTouch and Qnap TS-210 and the same kind of problem, but mine is with normal 16@44.1 files. Now it seems to have gone. I went to the advanced-performance tab of Squeezebox Server and did as follows: 1. disable library statistics 2. choose resizing instead of resampling for covers 3. choose NOT to insert covers in cache To my opinion it might have had little to do with this, but the SS GUI has improved a lot in speed and also the stuttering has gone, at least so far. Hope it helps you too. Ciao -- marcot marcot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38908 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82459 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] noob q - prob connecting USB 3TB Seagate Goflex USB 3.0
Adding a new data point - I am concluding that the Touch does not work with the big Seagate 3TB drive for unknown reasons. After trying reformatting again as NTFS, verifying that there is only 1 primary partition and only storing music files on the 3TB Seagate Goflex I could not get the touch to access the files when plugged into the USB, but could get it to read the files wirelessly when plugged into my computer. I got a Hitachi 1TB USB copied a few files and plugged it into the Touch's usb and it plays fine. The Hitachi is formatted FAT32 while the Seagate was NTFS. -- 59volvo 59volvo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84603 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] A Quick Question about Album Cover
Hi What would my issue be if I search by album and I do not see the album cover but when I play the album via 'Mow Playing', the cover art is displayed? This only happens with one CD. Currently all my cover art is a jpg named 'cover.jpg'. Many Thanks Pat -- souwalker souwalker's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37673 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84804 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
JohnSwenson;602524 Wrote: There is no cut and dried answer to that question. Its going to depend on the DAC and cable used and the rest of your system. The only really good way to find out is to try different combinations. A number of people really like optical with a multi-strand glass cable. They are a bit more expensive than the regular plastic ones, but in some circumstances can sound very good. The hard part is you need to try several different cables (price does NOT automatically mean its going to sound best). In my system the best coax cable is a cheap little thing that came with my first external DAC MANY years ago. It beats out some quite expensive cables. John S. Really. If you understood basic schoolboy physics then you wouldn't be posting such diatribe. Why would coax be any better than fibre over about 2 feet? -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External USB memory - how?
I use a 64G Sandisk which works fine after I removed the junk on it. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84726 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stutter at startup on 24/96 FLAC
If anyone followed the bug on this, you migth have noticed that I had some problems lately. This was caused by a problem with the database , I have to do an analyse; with an sqlite3 tool to fix it. SBS is suposed to this every scan but it failed for some reason in 7.6 beta . Now it's working again. Database access was very ineficient before i fixed the problem. Clear and rescan everything did not help, but maybe a complete cache delete had fixed it ? who knows, if sbs had to build a new dB from . The bug may not be in the latest 7.6 beta can very well be that an earlier version borked it. Now i get 10% cpu spikes instead of 100% when starting an album and cued up ca 1400 24bit tracks in one playlist and it worked. A reminder that running 7.6 beta can get you unusual problems for example a small risk of getting a broken dB . 7.6 is very nice but it is beta so anything can happen. The developers help me finding the cure for the problem thankyou, hopefully they have in the process learned that it does happen in the feild, so it was not a complete waste of their time. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82459 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playlists
tank121;602666 Wrote: AAAHH still not working. It was so much easier running it all on my old pc but much more mess.. I'm using Winamp 5.581 on my windows xp web book or windows 7 laptop - New playlist. Browsing to my network Then \\SQUEEZEBOXTOUCH\media-sda1\flac albums and adding in the files Then File Save playlist - as M3U and saving in \\SQUEEZEBOXTOUCH\media-sda1\playlists. The playlist name appears on squeezecommander and Touch but no files! Hmm the file paths are probably not the sane for your laptop and he server in Touch. A playlist in sbs must have a complete absolute path . Open a playlist done with the Touch itself in notepad or wordpad have a look at theese paths . Now do a search and replace in that other playlist and scan it again. -- Mnyb Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH and assorted amps SiriuS, Classe' Primare and Dynadio speakers, Contour 4 Contour Center, and Contour 1.3SE rear ch. Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: SB3 + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) PLEASE FIX BUG 112 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112 Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84763 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
