Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Amplifier recommendations for "new" Touch
Just go for anything that catches your eye within your budget & that has reviews that you identify wirh. I have three Touchs in different areas of the house, with very different amps & sets of speakers. I love it but it certainly isn't perfect. It just works for me. Especially when everything is synced.. On Fri, 09 Apr 2021, 23:36 fletch, < fletch.9zu...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Well here is what I am talking about on Amazon. This has to be junk: > > > https://www.amazon.com/Wireless-Bluetooth-Audio-Power-Amplifier/dp/B01LXS36BT/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=GJmM9&pf_rd_p=49ff6d7e-521c-4ccb-9f0a-35346bfc72eb&pf_rd_r=NG1JQ68EX8406SV6YPZF&pd_rd_r=6297b18d-aa4e-4d9a-be9d-71e78f0a3d06&pd_rd_wg=dlqWJ&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_d > > > What is a decent brand for say up to $300-500? > > > > fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=71552 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114340 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External dac?
Brilliantly on-topic. Andrew On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, 17:42 Paul Webster, < paul.webster.9x4...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > I have one like that and I have found that it dramatically improves the > audio in the hall ... mainly because it holds the door open. > > > > Paul Webster > http://dabdig.blogspot.com > author of \"now playing\" plugins covering radio france (fip etc), kcrw, > supla finland, abc australia, cbc/radio-canada and rte ireland > > Paul Webster's Profile: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=105 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113922 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT streamer function and MQA
Almost everything I have read from properly independent reviewers, i.e. NOT people who are paid to review top end audiophile stuff, who have looked at MQA in detail, have said that it is simply not worth spending a single cent on it. In essence, it is considered a proper fraud .. only some people can "hear" the difference .. but nobody can measure any improvements at all. They can measure differences but normally because MQA is actually not "better" than the masters - one might say that would be impossible - https://archimago.blogspot.com/2016/01/measurements-mqa-master-quality.html Archimago is highly respected because he never just "opines" .. he always backs up his views with measurable detail .. Regards Andrew On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 6:40 PM pweisel < pweisel.9wa...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Please explain your position on this. I am interested in playing the > Tidal's MQA files to (hopefully) improve the sound quality I am paying > for with the Tidal service. Thank you. > > > sherington wrote: > > Why would you want to do that? I don't think it can but there really is > > no > > point in any case. > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, 18:42 Zombie, < > > Zombie.9w58s0 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Can the Touch stream MQA files to a MQA compatible DAC? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Zombie's Profile: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25009 > > > View this thread: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113788 > > > > > > > > > > pweisel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=69564 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113788 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT streamer function and MQA
Why would you want to do that? I don't think it can but there really is no point in any case. Andrew On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, 18:42 Zombie, < zombie.9w5...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Can the Touch stream MQA files to a MQA compatible DAC? > > > > Zombie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=25009 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113788 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Album art question
Why don't you just MP3tag the whole album & ensure that the album art is included that way. I always have the folder.jpg or png included in the tags AND in the track folder. A On Sun, 01 Nov 2020, 17:12 Dibster, < dibster.9ro...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Sorry to re-visit an old thread but I'm still struggling to add album > art to my FLAC/WAVE files stored on my Synology NAS. > > I was playing an old album yesterday that I had ripped years ago without > the album artwork and thought I'd try and add on the album art > accordingly. I downloaded a JPG file of said cover and dragged and > dropped it into the appropriate folder in File Station on the Synology > NAS. I then went into LMS on the NAS and applied a new rescan for new > media files but still no artwork is showing when I play it back on my > Touch. I can't help but think I must be doing something fundamentally > wrong, maybe my settings are wrong, but I can't see what for the life of > me. Not the most important or pressing thing in my life at the moment, > there's plenty more serious things going on at present, but I'm still > intrigued. > > These days I use a paid for ripping programme dBPoweramp that is > excellent, and which provides all the artwork no problem. Back in the > day I used to use the free dBPoweramp programme that didn't provide > artwork. > > > > Dibster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=67606 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111075 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Today vs 2012; What's different today in the Squeezebox world?
My experience is that wifi really won't allow anything above about FLAC 5 to work smoothly without rebufferring. The easy way to check this is just to play a series of tracks ripped to low kbps up to the high end 'high res' stuff. The difference can be up 5,000 kbits per track. So a recent download can be at >5kbps whereas a track you dowloaded or ripped a few years ago could be at 128kbps. The latter is unlikely to cause any rebufferring whilst the latter definitely will - over wifi. Of course, to have a reliable wifi system is now perfectly possible with the current gen of mesh systems etc but you may still have to physically wire the Touch into the network if you routinely listen to highres stuff. For instance I would not bother with installing the EDO stuff on a Touch that only relies on wifi connect. Andrew On Sun, 28 Jun 2020, 01:42 artmaltman, < artmaltman.9l5...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Radio seems to work ok, nicely actually, but when I try to play music > from my iTunes database on Mac via LMS, it keeps rebuffering. > Running 7.9.3 thinking it sounds more stable than 8 right now, but, > willing to try 8 if you think that might help. 2015 MacBook Pro 13" > 16gig I7 running 10.15.5 (latest MacOS). > I did a "rescan". > Is there a clear solution here or a matter of debugging? > I assume the wifi connection is ok since the radio plays quite well. > Thank you. > Art > > > > artmaltman's Profile: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37856 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112488 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New difficulty play Hi Rez files
For sure. Much better use physical connection for hi-res. Wi-Fi is not good enough at all - copes with ordinary FLAC but over about 1000Kbps, it will stutter & rebuffer over & over On Sat, 25 Jan 2020, 22:14 gellie, < gellie.9d8...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > So I’m still having intermittent drops. Mostly on HiRez. 24/96 and > higher. It will work for a hour or so, then I get skips. I’m wondering > I’d there is a limitation on streaming HiRez over 2.4ghz on WiFi? > > > > gellie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34468 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111547 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering (again)
Do you also use Squeezeplay?? I often find that I have to "sort" the players so that when they synnchronize, I do the Touchs first and THEN add Squeezplay. I also make sure that the Touchs are not linked to the Wi-Fi router but to the satellite (I have an Orbi set up) ... All this started to happen to me when I reripped my MP3 collection to FLAC .. I guess the sheer "weight" of the files was/is a little too much for the Wi-Fi unless it is managed properly. Andrew On 1 July 2018 at 02:17, afranta < afranta.8jp...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > I've been using Squeezeboxes for more than 10 years--started with a Duet > and now have two Touches. With the Duet, I used to have buffering > problems; moving to the Touch solved the problem, until the last six > months. Now it happens all the time with one Touch, sometimes with the > other; both will play, sometimes for hours, with no problem, then the > rebuffering starts and continuous music is at an end. > > Both Touches are fed from my music library on a recent iMac via WiFi. We > don't have any issues with any of our other various WiFi devices around > the house (Roku, phones, tablets, etc.). > > I've updated both devices and LMS is current. What else should I check? > Is this a hardware issue? Any help would be much appreciated! > > > > afranta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68255 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=109213 > > ___ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch > ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
