Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Won't Play SD Card
My Touch plays music quite nicely from a 16GB SDHC card. Mostly high bit-rate MP3, some FLAC, etc. Organization: Just the "normal" three level Artist/Album/Track structure starting in the root of the card. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91228 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to queue a next album/playlist on touch without losing current
I had been having trouble with adding an album to the end of the current playlist on the Touch. I'd press and hold the album name to get the menu of choices. When I pressed "Add to End" the menu would disappear without adding the album. I'd about given up and instead used the + key on the IR remote or the web interface (if running from my computer). I finally figured out that a brief tap on "Add to End" is what's needed. If pressed more than momentarily, the menu goes away. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89721 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New to Touch and already tons of Issues...
The Western Digital "My Passport" drives came with two partitions the last time I looked. There's a procedure to make the "CD" software partition invisible I think. As the Touch was designed before USB3 came out, perhaps that's part of the problem with flash stick. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90469 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] "Add to End" issue
I'm usually accessing about 2500 tracks on a Windows XP box using the 7.5.3 SB Server. IIRC, I had the same issue when I tested using tracks on an SD card with the Tiny server. I've noticed this behavior in the last several weekd, possibly starting after the last upgrade of SBS on the computer. Which, BTW, had problems completing a rescan (which may be due to a conflict with Microsoft Security Essentials. I've now excluded MYI and MYD files, but haven't tried to do a rescan.) -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86821 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] "Add to End" issue
My Touch has, over the last few weeks, decided not to honor "Add to End" from the touch screen when trying to add an album to the playlist. BUT it works fine from the IR remote. It did this before and after the 3/29 7.5.3-r9377 update. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86821 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...
The Touch wakes up my Windows XP box from "Shutdown". Often when I didn't intend that it do so. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82973 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Add to Playlist - nicely
I had the Touch for months now, and I still have trouble with adding Albums or individual tracks. I'll have to read the Feature Guide. Hmmm... It seems you CAN'T add a single track. From page 10: "Note: When you select a song that is part of the album, the entire album becomes part of your Current Playlist." A curious approach. I'd have thought that selecting individual tracks/songs to add to a playlist would be highly desirable. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82938 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
Kal's Stereophile review is now online: http://www.stereophile.com/computeraudio//logitech_squeezebox_touch_network_music_player/ -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch reviewed in Home Theater, Oct 2010
Thanks for the mention of this review. My copy of the magazine was in the mail along with Stereophile. Since I'd been looking forward to Kal's Stereophile review, I hadn't even opened HT. It's always nice to read another favorable review of a product that you own! -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81930 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
It was very nice to find the new issue of Stereophile in my mailbox Friday evening. An excellent review, Kal! I share your enthusiam for this device, and I'll "never look back." JA's measurements and comments were good to see as well. I'm just using the analog outputs, so I guess there's an easy upgrade path. I've been running essentially standalone, but now that I've established a solid internet connection, I'm looking forward to trying out internet radio options. Ron -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Review in upcoming Stereophile issue
iPhone;573443 Wrote: > ... The odd thing about this current thread is that nobody has responded > opposing the view that the product reviews are not worth much since > they are in a format that doesn't lend itself well to comparison. > > I find that revealing and that a change is needed. I'll bite. Comparative reviews of high end audio component seem impractical to me. That's fine for Consumers Report, or for Blu-ray players in a HT magazine. I've subscribed to Stereophile for ages, and periodically to TAS. I ENJOY reading the reviews, but most are for products far more expensive than I'd ever buy. But there are also reviews of more modestly priced gear, such as Kal's forthcoming review of the $299 Touch. Over the course of time, there have been reviews of products that might suit my needs. That's how I learned about the PSB speakers I now use. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81346 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External Hardrive plugged into USB on Touch
Right now I'm just using an SDHC card, but I'm rather sure that my OLD Western Digital "My Passport" USB powered drive worked fine with the Touch. Many people use USB drives with the Touch. Most of the NEW WD drives have TWO partitions - one small one that emulates a CD, and then the main data area. This has caused problems for many people, including, I think, some Touch users. If your HP does something similar, that may be the problem. If possible test the Touch with another USB drive or two... -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81611 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
Thanks, Phil. I downloaded Audacity. I looked at some spectra from the two HD Tracks selections I've purchased. Selection #1 (24/96) clearly has content out to better than 30KHz. Selection #2 appears to roll off sharply at 19KHz ending at 21-22KHz, and looks very much like the CD version's spectrum. I was hoping that #2, an SACD transfer, would be a "real" 24/88.2 file. Maybe it's 24, but at least so far as I can tell, it's just upsampled 44.1. I'd like to thank Mortslim for his research in this matter. Perhaps he's been overly concerned about legal niceties, but I've now seen evidence that I've paid for a "high-resolution" download that's NOT what I thought I was buying. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
JackOfAll;572088 Wrote: > Here is an 24/88k2 file from Linn. ... Here is the same file, after I've > downsampled to 16/44k1 and then upsampled back to 24/88k2. Notice > anything? Thanks! Very noticeable difference graphically. Would it be audibly noticeable to me? Still to be determined... BTW, what software have you used? Any suggestions for free / low cost software to do this sort of analysis? -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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] My Touch is loosing time
R Johnson;559165 Wrote: > ... As I've mentioned before, my Touch only has a weak wireless > connection to a friend's router, but this configuration has not > changed. Some days ago I reset the Touch by disconnecting the power. > As expected, it took several tries to get a good enough wireless > connection to enable and set the clock. ... Since a reset a few weeks ago, my Touch got to be more than 10 minutes slow. This morning I noticed that it had the correct time. Apparently my weak wireless connection was working well enough when the Touch decided to "call home". -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79894 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Touch is loosing time
I've had my "standalone" Touch since the middle of April. For the first month or so, it kept good time. A week or two before this thread started, it started losing time. As I've mentioned before, my Touch only has a weak wireless connection to a friend's router, but this configuration has not changed. Some days ago I reset the Touch by disconnecting the power. As expected, it took several tries to get a good enough wireless connection to enable and set the clock. After that, it's been losing about 30 seconds a day. Very curious. I wonder why it kept good time for perhaps six weeks or more, but no longer does so. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79894 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Touch is loosing time
I'm running (almost) standalone. My Touch is about 4 minutes slow at the moment. After many tries, I managed to get about an 8% quality wireless connection to a friend's router to get the clock in the first place. So I'm reluctant to reboot, but it's good to know what I need to do to get the clock reset. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79894 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Got the touch but why this random...(multiple issues)
Zlipknot;543657 Wrote: > And a real disappointment: > It seems I cannot use the touch to play local music without having a > wireless network available? Is this correct? ... I could play standalone local music from an SD card. But as related in my thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77523 a network connection is needed for certain functionality. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78335 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What USB drives are supported / recommanded?
MCG555;542399 Wrote: > Thanks a lot- However, is the list still valid? Comments like: "Came > formatted for NTFS, which is not writable at this point". ??? I have a 320 GB WD My Passport (not latest model) formatted NTFS and it works nicely. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78163 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
Please note: I did not expect to hear radical differences, especially on my modest system. And I didn't. Further listening is needed. I also plan to listen on a friend's high-end system. That will be an even more interesting comparison. I'm trying to maintain an open mind. While some skepticism is warranted, I think the 24/88.2 download is truly higher resolution than the CD at 16/44.1. I wish HDtracks provided clear and accurate technical information about the process for the 24/88.2 versions. I wish the CSO Resound production team directly produced the tracks and artwork / liner notes. The idea of scanning & ripping the physical CD and SACD products seems rather tacky. HDtracks download prices: 16/44.1: $11.98, 24/88.2: $17.98 CSO Store prices: CD: $19.99, SACD $23.99 (if in stock) -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
Haven't done more listening yet, but... I noticed that the liner notes provided with the 24/88.2 HDtracks download of the CSO/Haitink Bruckner #7 showed two catalog numbers. CSOR 901 704 and CSOR 901 706. Its scan of the jewel case insert shows CSOR 901 704. I stopped by the CSO's (reduced size) Store last night to see if this was the CD or the SACD. It was the CD. As HDtracks also offers the 16/44.1 standard CD download, I suppose they simply used one scan for both versions. Since the liner notes PDF file name ends in "9017046" this seems likely. Still it would have been nice to see the SACD's catalog number on the scan of the insert. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
mortslim;540576 Wrote: > Still waiting for an update on this post. The issue presented in this > quoted post really gets to the crux and heart of one of the sub-issues > of this entire thread: can a real world person in a real world > environment with a squeezebox easily discern the difference in quality > of audio that is alleged to be encoded at better than CD quality of > 15/44.1? This is indeed the heart of the matter. But it's not easy to conduct a reliable test, especially single-handedly. In addition to the CD and the 24/88.2 download, I've also made three sets of digital files from the CD: WAV w/o compression, 320Kbps MP3 and 160Kbps MP3. My system is "real world", NOT audiophile: a Sony AVR and PSB Image 2B loudspeakers. (In my audiophile days I owned Quad ESL-57s.) I've only done a limited amount of comparisons, but I think I can reliably say that I CANNOT "easily discern the difference in quality of audio" between the 24/88.2 download and the CD quality WAV file. More later, especially after I've brought the Touch out to a friend's house for listening with a high-end system. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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] how to view pics on touch
Second test: A set of JPGs sized (to 16:9) for a somewhat larger "picture frame", but MUCH smaller than those from my first test. Played from an SD card rather than a USB disk. Much better performance -- only interrupted music playback every 10 images or so, versus just about every new image display. My bottom line - the slideshow is only useful as a screen saver for "stopped" or "off". -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77792 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Connection to mysqueezebox.com not happening
Hickup;539605 Wrote: > But this is totally insane, the decision to make the Touch rely on > a working connection to a Server in the Internet is crazy, especially > without any timeout or an option to circumvent that. > > ... I intended to buy an additional Touch for my girlfriend, to set it > up with an attached USB drive - she has no Internet at home. I expected > that to be sufficient, seems like the Internet connection is a must > have I was fortunate to easily establish a wired connection when initially setting up my Touch (at my office). But I bought the Touch for use at my apartment where I have no computer or internet connection. I wanted to simply play from a USB disk drive. I would hope that future versions of the software make the Touch less reliant on calling home (or whatever it's doing on the internet). -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77833 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch keeps doing different things
m1abrams;539564 Wrote: > Well I know this is not ideal, but you do NOT need a internet connection > if you have a local PC server. Its just one or the other makes things > much better and usually the internet connection is the easiest for > people. The local PC server would provide the clock sync that the > Touch wants. Good to know that! Hard to believe, but NO computer at that location either. I use a WDTV Live for HD ATSC video recordings to a front projector. The WDTV plays the audio quite decently, but I'd have to turn on the projector to select the music. Not cool. Hence, the Touch... -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77810 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch keeps doing different things
m1abrams;539512 Wrote: > Honestly though if all you wanted was a stand alone music player why > not go for something like the Archos? > http://www.archos.com/products/imt/archos_5/index.html?country=us&lang=en > ... > That said if networking the Touch is possible for you then I strongly > suggest you do, it will improve the devices usefulness to you. Thanks for your thoughts. I hadn't run across the "Archos 5 Internet Tablet" before. The Touch is much more what I want. I knew that I'd need to connect to the net to do the initial firmware installation and later updates. I did not expect its need to regularly call home. I needed to "borrow" a neighbor's (weak) wireless connection to get the clock working. My primary location for the Touch does NOT currently have an internet connection. I simply wanted to: Play ripped CDs (and some 24/88.2 downloads) from a small portable USB disk; Have a nice small control display; and Connect to my existing audio system. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77810 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch keeps doing different things
I too hoped/expected the Touch to be more of a stand-alone player. In my experience it seems to need a fairly solid internet connection, presumably to "call home". The connection is especially needed after a loss of power, such as after being relocated. Unless accessing music on/from a computer, there appears to be no need for squeeze software on the computer. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77810 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] how to view pics on touch
Thanks, guys! I'll prepare a folder of images at 480x272 (~16:9) and experiment a bit more with the slideshow options. Image displays would be a nice option, but not when/if they interrupt the audio. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77792 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] how to view pics on touch
FredFredrickson;539380 Wrote: > This is a crappy workaround, but you could upload your pics to flickr > and tag them- then do a TAG-search for your screensaver.. If you tag > them specifically, it will only be yours- such as "RJohnson123456" I'm > sure nobody's using that tag. Thanks for the idea! If I really wanted to use the slideshow (as it is now), I'd specially prepare a set of images formatted to the size and shape of the Touch's screen. I've never seen the pixel dimensions of the screen. The Logitech specifications just say "4,3" (11 cm) 24-bit color LCD with capacitive touch screen". Does anyone know the screen dimensions in pixels? -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77792 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] how to view pics on touch
I tried the slideshow feature last night from a WD "My Passport" USB disk that was being used for music playback. I found no way to point the Touch to a particular folder of pictures. This is a VERY desirable capability if it's going to do a slideshow. The pictures the Touch decided to show were fairly large. Almost every time it went to a new picture, there was about a half-second hiccup in the audio. I did NOT find a way to easily STOP the slideshow other than the OFF button on the remote. So much for slideshows. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77792 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Is there any way to adjust the spectrum display?
The current display makes no sense to me either. While a more technically accurate display would be nice, I suspect that after a few minutes, I'd ignore a better version too. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77783 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
I have now have a Touch, the CSO Resound recording of the Bruckner 7th Symphony (conducted by Haitink) as a 16/44.1 CD and as a 24/88.2 download from HDtracks. I guess it's time to learn what difference(s) I can discern. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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] My Touch doesn't seem to want to go into standby
SJobson;538438 Wrote: > Mine wouldn't go into standby with the remote this morning - however, > that was shortly after a power cut and it wasn't connected to the > server, so I don't know if that's related. I think it's related. I had the same issue in my thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77523 about a missing clock. After a power interruption, it seems that the Touch needs to connect to the internet to get the clock going again. Otherwise in "Off" or "Stopped" all I got was the Now Playing screen. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77680 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Loss of clock - standalone, no internet
I was able to "borrow" a neighbor's wireless internet connection. Initially the connection was quite weak - 5 to 8 percent according to the Touch. No luck with the clock. Later on, the signal strength had improved to 15 percent, and the clock screen-savers were again functional. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77523 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Loss of clock - standalone, no internet
usch;536824 Wrote: > From where should it get the current time? I don't think it has a > built-in hardware clock with a backup battery, so it needs some time > server on the network after you have pulled the mains plug. That was pretty much the conclusion I had reached. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77523 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Loss of clock - standalone, no internet
My SB Touch arrived at the office yesterday. It fired up nicely with a wired connection to my router and downloaded the current firmware. I inserted an 8GB SDHC card with music content. Worked very nicely. Then I removed the ethernet connection and ran it standalone with an analog connection to my office mini-system. I liked the nice digital clock in "off" mode. It was automatically set to the right time! I pulled the SD card to see what new cache files had been created. Then put the SD card back. I unplugged the Touch and brought it to my apartment, where I have no internet service (apart from possibly sponging from a neighbor's wireless network). Surprisingly, it took a little fooling around to get the Touch going. But there's no more digital clock. I tried selecting the various clock "screen-savers" for the "stopped" or "off" cases. No joy. Sometime a "sample" clock would come up, but not showing the correct time or date. Very curious. User error or system/hardware design? -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77523 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless limitations?
andyg;532796 Wrote: > Seeking in native AAC/ALAC files is supported in 7.6, but we don't have > Touch builds for this yet. I'll be looking forward to that capability too. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77095 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Amazon shipping yet?
maggior;534891 Wrote: > ...For those that didn't pre-order from Crutchfield, the news isn't so > good. It looks like they may have shipped out their entire stock, > because their site now reads "out of stock, ship date uncertain". Earlier this morning Crutchfield showed "low stock", so I placed my order. Perhaps half an hour later it was "out of stock". My order status a few hours later is: "Your order is being reviewed and processed." -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77060 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
cwp97;534469 Wrote: > ...Like I mentioned a couple of posts ago, why not just download the > tracks yourself and just look at the files to check for audio content > above 22K. If it's being ripped from the CD layer and upsampled, there > should be nothing there right? I have a few 24/88.2 tracks from the Chicago Symphony from HD Tracks. While I'm waiting for a Touch in order to listen to then, I'd love to "look at" the files. But I don't have any software to do so. Any suggestions for suitable software? (Preferably free or free trial version.) -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
Bruce B;532576 Wrote: > Now we take a direct DSD data stream from a Playback Designs MPS-5 > into either a Sonoma workstation or a Pyramix workstation. Then we SRC > using SARACON. End of story. Bruce, Thanks for joining this forum and explaining the process that you use. As mentioned several pages back, I subscribe to the Chicago Symphony and am interested in the CSO Resound recordings available from HD Tracks. I bought a few tracks for testing / comparison to CD. I've not yet done the comparison due to lack of suitable hardware. I expect to do the comparison with the new Squeezebox Touch in the near future. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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] Display info character size
While a bit off topic, I was wondering if the display info does (or could) include some of the 'extra' embedded information in files, such as the 'Comments' or 'Composer' fields that iTunes provides... -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77137 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Display info character size
Alco;532983 Wrote: > ...Currently I sit about 3,5 meters (>30 feet ?) from my SB Classic, > when I liston to music. 3,5 meters ~= 11,5 feet (3.5 m ~= 11.5 ft) The "10 foot" size might work for you. I expect to use a Touch from about that distance. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77137 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help Buying 2.5" External Drive
andyg;532017 Wrote: > The drive I have been testing with works fine self-powered, it's a 320GB > WD Passport and does not have any sort of power port. Is your Passport one of the older models, or the newer models with two partitions -- the main data area, and a small "CD" emulation storing the backup software? I have three older ones, and was/am worried about buying a new model for use with the Touch. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76983 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help Buying 2.5" External Drive
andyg;532017 Wrote: > The drive I have been testing with works fine self-powered, it's a 320GB > WD Passport and does not have any sort of power port. Is your Passport one of the older models, or the newer models with two partitions -- the main data area, and a small "CD" emulation storing the backup software? I have three older ones, and was/am worried about buying a new model for use with the Touch. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76983 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 24/192
The latest newsletter from HD Tracks promotes some new 96/24 material from the New York Philharmonic. Perhaps these recordings follow a simpler path than the SACD conversion for the Chicago Symphony... -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
Eric Seaberg;518741 Wrote: > Of course to CONVERT from DSD to PCM it's going to end up 44.1/16, but > it doesn't start that way. Here's my understanding (which may or may not be correct): HDtracks is selling 24/88.2 downloads and is licensed to do so by the CSO. It seems HDtracks hires Puget Sound Studios (PSS) to convert from SACD to PCM. PSS takes a CSO Resound SACD and runs its DSD output through the EMM gear to produce PCM. If mortslim is correct, the EMM output is limited to 44.1 KHz (though perhaps it is at 24 bits). Then the PCM is upsampled to 88.2 KHz. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
A bit of searching the web found this article about the CSO's in-house gear: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Acquires Merging Pyramix DAW - Dec 10, 2007 1:28 PM http://mixonline.com/news/headline/merging-pyramix-cso-121007/ -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
mortslim;518038 Wrote: > I have confirmed from another phone call that indeed HDtracks does NOT > get the higher resolution masters from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. > > I spoke to the owner of the recording studio that does work for > HDtracks. This studio claims to have the professional equipment that > converts the SACDs that HDtracks send to it. The studio converts the > SACDs 1 bit, 2822.4 kHz to 24 bit/88.2 sample rate doing a digital to > digital conversion. > Thanks very much for looking into this! Very curious indeed. I suspect there's more to this story. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
mortslim;517721 Wrote: > You have to ask what equipment was used to RECORD this music. If the > recordings are more than about 20 years old, a higher bit rate and > sample rate won't help because the original recording equipment did not > have the required fidelity. As a Chicago Symphony subscriber, I'm particularly interested in their new recordings from concert performances as issued on the "CSO Resound" label. These are available on SACD, CD and downloads. I've downloaded one disc in 24/88.2 but haven't yet had the playback equipment to compare it to the CD. This is one of the reasons I'm interested in the Touch. Phil, thanks for confirmation that the Touch does 24/88.2. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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
I'm not really interested in 24/192, but I am interested in 24/88.2 - where 88.2 is twice the 44.1 CD standard. Quite a few classical downloads are available in 24/88.2 format. The Touch specs say "Supports sampling rates up to 24 bit / 96 kHz". I have seen specs for some devices which will do 96KHz, but NOT 88.2KHz Does the Touch support 24/88.2? -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 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] Unofficial official Release Date
JohnSwenson;516547 Wrote: > The Touch works fine with NTFS USB drives. There was a short time > when the Touch could not be used unless it was connected to the net, but > that was quickly fixed. Thanks very much! I can now just wait for the Touch's release with confidence that it will do what I hoped it would. Patience is a virtue, so I'm told. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73231 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Unofficial official Release Date
iPhone;516462 Wrote: > The Touch works well in Standalone Mode (TinySBS). It is just a little > rough around the edges > > Don't hold me to this, but I think I remember the NTFS issue being > resolved. But if it hasn't been already, from everything I have heard it > will be a supported drive format. .. Thanks! I can live with a rough edge or two. NTFS would be nice, but I don't have a problem with needing to buy an extra portable drive, assuming they still come with FAT32 formatting. I have three Western Digital "My Passport" drives. The new models come with two partitions - the main one, plus a tiny one that "emulates" a CD which is where their backup and other utility software is placed. Would the Touch be able to deal with such a drive? -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73231 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Unofficial official Release Date
JJZolx;516260 Wrote: > It should. Being part of the beta testing, though, it's sometimes > surprising to see how simple things like this fall through the cracks > ... Thanks for the reply! I've been using the WDTV media player in standalone mode quite successfully for HD video playback to my projector. (The newer WDTV Live model added network capability.) The WDTV will play music quite nicely (though undoubtedly not at audiophile quality). However, I don't want to fire up a projector (or even a TV) just to choose the music. Hence, the SB Touch looks (looked?) like the perfect device for me. Plug the Touch analog outputs into my AVR, and plug a USB drive into the Touch. (I'd need to buy another drive for music files since my current drives are NTFS for large HD video files.) There seems to have been no work on 15192 since mid December. I'll be very disappointed if it turns out that the Touch will not operate in standalone mode. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73231 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Unofficial official Release Date
I've been reading these discussions for a while. One of the items in the buglist caught my attention: 15192 - "Unable to use Touch as a standalone music player without network". That's exactly what I'd like to do -- connect a USB hard drive (loaded with content at another location) to a SB Touch, and then connect the Touch to my AVR, using the Touch's screen to select the music. Apart from needing a network connection for initial (or later) firmware update, can/will the Touch operate that way? Or will I need to look elsewhere? -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73231 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
