Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FS: Almost never-used Squeezebox Touch
park13 wrote: > I cannot PM you Can you please PM Me? I did PM you, but it sold before I got a reply...sorry. Rg System information Main: SGC microJukebox> RPI4B/piCoreplayer/Squeezelite > USB>RME ADI-2 DAC > Benchmark AHB2 > Revel Performa F208 speakers, 2X REL R-305 subs. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) > Pioneer VSX 919 > Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.2 - 0.8.20181005git1538738519 on a 1TB microJukebox Vortexbox Appliance, SonicOrbiter V 2.7. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112936 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] FS: Almost never-used Squeezebox Touch
I have a Squeezebox Touch in excellent condition. Comes with original power supply and remote control. The Touch is in perfect working order, powered by the original PS. Not sure about the condition of the remote. Sadly, the original packaging is long gone. Will ship anywhere in the US, if you pay for the shipping method of your choice. Asking $100. Photos available upon request. PM me if interested! Rick rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112936 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
guidof wrote: As reverendo says, the improvement is not subtle. Guido F. I put one on order. So, I'll be feeding the USB from the VBA directly to the REGEN and then from the REGEN into Benchmark using the Vortexbox Player (aka Squeezelite). Right now the Vortexbox player audio output device is configured for the Benchmark. Do you happen to know if that will need to be reconfigured as showing the REGEN as the audio output device or is the REGEN transparent to Squeezelite? Rg System information Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite USB Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
reverendo wrote: I have a Regen and use it with a SBT with EDO and a Welborne PSU. This is not one of those subtle improvements, but I guess you'd have to listen to it for yourself. I believe that they have a trial period, so it just might be one of those inexpensive tweaks without risk. ;) You and Guido have got me very intrigued. I always enjoyed John S's posts here. Rg System information Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite USB Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
guidof wrote: Hi rgro, nice to hear from you! Thanks for the information. Direct connection to the VBA is appealing to me in theory, but I hesitate to go that route in practice now that we've moved into a NOS 1906 house where my VBA is on the top floor and the stereo is on the first floor. Running a long USB cable through 1906 walls is a thought that I'm not sure I want to contemplate. OTOH, the inability of the Benchmark to lock onto a changed resolution automatically is driving me crazy. Too bad, because I like the DAC very much, especially now that I've inserted an Uptone REGEN in the chain, with astonishing results for SQ. Best regards, Guido F. That'd be a long run for a USB cable! I've kept a Touch around as a backup device, but I've been using the VBA directly to the Benchmark (which I love!) for a year or so with just a few minor issues. Mostly--about 99.9% of the time--- the setup works great. There's always the homeplug route if you want to try to get the VBA next to your dac. I had a look at the REGEN which, it appears, has John Swenson's hand in its design. People have lots of good things to say about it in other forums, but the bits are bits rational side of me wonders whether the sq improvement is real or just expectation bias. One thing I haven't seen, yet, is anybody who's done any blind testing with it. Rg System information Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite USB Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
guidof wrote: In fact, Benchmark has not yet replied. I'm not holding my breath . . . Hey Guido, I've got my Benchmark connected directly to my VBA via USB and am using Squeezelite as the player (no Touch in between). Within Squeezelite you can set a delay time that helps the Benchmark better deal with sample rate changes as it seems to have some issues with this in certain setups. Not sure if there is something similar in the Touch's code that you could hack but, if there is, maybe somebody can tell you how to do this. Below is a link to the thread in the Vortexbox forum where this was discussed: http://vortexbox.org/forum/vortexbox/vortexbox-player/56465-attempting-vba-squeezelite-w-benchmark-dac2-d Rg System information Main: Vortexbox/Squeezelite USB Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa F208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1, Touch FW 7.8.0-r16754. LMS 7.9.0 - 0.71.20150313git1426153261 on a 1TB Micro Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + Linear PS for sale (US, only)
Please see initial post for details. Rg System information Main: Vortexbox Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa R208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. LMS 7.8.0 - 1395395852 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3, Touches: FW 7.8.0-r16754. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101813 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + Linear PS for sale (US, only)
audiomuze wrote: What does a Touch go for these days? On e-Bay, between US $350- $600. Rg System information Main: Vortexbox Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa R208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. LMS 7.8.0 - 1395395852 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3, Touches: FW 7.8.0-r16754. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101813 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch + Linear PS for sale (US, only)
Touch in perfect working condition for sale with Teddy Pardo linear power supply. This was my backup Touch so is lightly used. Will only sell together with PS, not separately. Includes Touch remote. Will ship anywhere in the U.S. Asking $525.00, total, for the lot. Power supply was over $300, new, and we all know what Touch's are going for, so this is a nice deal only for forum members. PM me for further information. Rg System information Main: Vortexbox Benchmark DAC2 D LFD LE IV Signature amp Revel Performa R208 speakers. Home Theatre: Touch (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. LMS 7.8.0 - 1395395852 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.3, Touches: FW 7.8.0-r16754. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101813 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Smart Gain
Thank you, Michael, for doing this and providing this useful change for those of us that like to have mixed playlists. After having lived with the volume changes between tracks for years, it's really wonderful to be finally be able to have some control over that issue!!! I have a number of playlists that incorporate tracks from Rhapsody and have---at least for now---settled on a -6db setting. Cheers, rgro rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98845 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Fixed Volume at 50%
Stratmangler;742105 +1made a big difference for me. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98371 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Question on using Vortex vs USB
gellie wrote: for those of you using vortexbox, how difficult is it to transfer files from you computer to the vortexbox? Can this be done wireless? Thanks Not difficult at all. Assuming the vortexbox appears as a device on your network, it's simple drag and drop---wired or wireless. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98291 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch turns off from screensaver after 10 minutes - is this normal?
05mattjax wrote: I use album flow screensaver when the touch is not in use however after 10 minutes the screen turns off. Is this normal? The delay times and other screensaver settings are user selectable from the Touch's menusSettingsScreenScreensavers. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97698 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Turn screen off?
HeadBanger wrote: I installed it from the Touch and from settings selected off when playing. It completely turns the screen off - no glow :-) Hmmmthanks. Sounds like it may not be functioning correctly. I shall uninstall and reinstall the app and see if that makes any difference. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97556 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Turn screen off?
Uninstalling and reinstalling the app did the trick. Now that it's dark, I can see that the glow-in-the-dark Touch is no longer. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97556 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Turn screen off?
I dunno'I have Triode's screen off app installed but my Touch still glows in the dark even though the screen is, indeed, blank/off. It would appear that something (the backlight?) is still on. Wonder if that's normal or if the screen off app is not functioning properly? rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97556 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wall mount?
TheLastMan wrote: For those that hanker after a wall mount for the Touch, I noticed this picture on the Dabs web site. Any idea what it is? There was no explanation on the site just this picture in the gallery. Doesn't quite look like the same thing, but one of the posters here has designed something that seems to perform the same function. So, if you're interested, see: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?95114-Squeezebox-Touch-Wall-Mount-project-and-possibly-for-sale! rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95571 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
diego wrote: I tried it, but I did not even get the chance to change the settings. With EDO installed, then installing TT3.0, the SBT does not boot anymore correctly. It boots a moment until the screen turns white for a short second and then turns black and does not react anymore. No possiblity to contact it through WinSCP either. Luckily, factory reset via the bottom on the back still worked and helped me out. I'm not sure, what I did wrong. Maybe things would have to be installed the other way round, TT3 first, changing settings, EDO after, or so. However, for the time being I don't care and I leave only EDO installed, even though I can't use USB output or 192k yet, but I hope I will get the chance to test further soon. And, you thoroughly read through the instructions and notes here?: http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/2011/11/touch-toolbox-30.html If so, you would have read that one of the things that TT 3.0 does is disable the screen. Don't know why you couldn't get in through WinSCP after installation unless you'd already run the tt -k command which effectively locks you out of the Touch until you do a reboot. I haven't seen that it mattered in which order the EDO and TT 3.0 were installed. BTW, it's all working perfectly for me, including Triode's Screen Off app...producing wonderful SQ. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Transporter vs. Touch vs. DAC
Ikabob wrote: I am thinking about purchasing a Transporter. Is there a very noticable audio/fidelity difference between the Transporter and the Touch? Also, how about between the Touch + a DAC vs. Transporter? Which DAC is recommended? Thank you. If you can talk your local hi-fi dealer into it, you ought to see if you can audition one of the very excellent crop of asynchronous USB-capable dacs along with installing Triode's wonderful EDO app in your Touch. Besides installing Triode's app, all you'll really need, besides what you likely already have, is the proper USB cable to go from Touch to to dac. There are a lot of posters over on the EDO thread who have chimed in on which dacs work and which have compatability problems (very few, really) with Triode's app. I think if you give this a try, you'll be pleasantly surprised at the increased SQ in your system. I've never heard a Transporter, so cannot offer any relative comparisons. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95421 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Transporter vs. Touch vs. DAC
Ikabob wrote: Thank you both for your replies. I'm not sure where I'll go with this, but I'm leaning toward a DAC. The Transporter can be purchased for $999 which is not the $600 that Garym suggested as a preferred price. The Rega DAC is one that rgro likes according to many posts I've read. The price is a bit more that I'd like to spend but if it is truly exceptional perhaps I could be persuaded. It's not offered at Amazon and I'd like to have a trial run with whatever DAC I decide on. So, again, thank you for your advice. This forum is so valuable and both of you and others are (and have been in the past) so very helpful! Thank you. PS: I don't want a DAC that's too complicated. Is Triodes app an easy app to implement? TY Triode's app is quite easy to implement. But if you're after easy, the Rega might not be the best choice. Not because it's complicated, itself, but the direct USB connection implementation on the Rega only goes to 44.1/48 khz. In order to take full advantage of Triode's app, you'd need to purchase a USB to SPDIF converter to place between the Touch and the Rega (then you can use either coax or optical out of the converter, depending). Since I already had the Rega, the only option if I wanted to go with USB and be able to listen to full 88.1 or 96 khz files---unless I wanted to go with a completely different dacwas to try it with the converter. There are other USB-compatible dacs---less expensive but still excellent quality--- where the converter is not necessary (though you may or may not need an inexpensive USB hub, depending on which one you get). It sounds more complicated than it really is, in practice, so you really shouldn't be concerned whichever way you decide to go. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95421 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
big_marcelo wrote: Rgro, I see as per your signature you have a Teddy Pardo PSU ... does it make a difference even though you have USB out to a DAC? thanks, Hard to give you a clear answer as I had the TP PSU in for quite a while prior to Triode's USB implementation being successful. I have not done any testing or listening via USB with and without the TP, having preferred just to leave it in. At the time I purchased it (when there was no USB capability), I felt there was a slight positive difference in the overall sound and now, psychologically, it just makes me feel better to leave it in there ;). One very minor nicety is that it's nice to have the power switch that's on the TP PSU conveniently accesible if the need arises to have to do a power-off reboot of the Touch---much easier than having to reach around to unplug power from the wall or back of the Touch. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
big_marcelo wrote: .have to say, the EDO with the MDAC via USB is brilliant... thanks again Triode... Agree 100% rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
zoldar wrote: Bought a hihg speed usb hub. Presto! async USB input to my Moon 300d DAC from the MF Vlink bridge. Never thought this would happen! thank you! It seems to tighten up the sound both bass wise and in the treble. BUT. It wil not work together wit Toolbox 3.0. Somehow when both TB 3.0 and EDO are on the pops and lag return. Tried upping the buffer in ADO and TB 3.0. They keep getting in each others way it seems. Any thoughts? In order to make EDO and tt 3.0 work together, you'll probably need to either disable or change the Priority settings in the tt 3.0 files. If you're familiar with using WinSCP and going into the Touch firmware, this'll be relatively simple. If not, you'll have to decide whether or not you want to learn. Some information can be found here: http://touchtoomuch.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/squeezebox-touch-optimisations-based-on-tt3-0-and-edo-mods/ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: With EDO installed, the only values which matter are the settings in the file: /etc/squeezeplay/userpath/settings/EnhancedDigitalOutput.lua These are changed by the EDO settings menus and you should not need to alter them. You should definately not change the applet's files themselves (i.e. other files with this name elsewhere in the file system) as this is the EDO code and any variables are exposed as settings which are stored in the above file. Thanks for answering my questions, Triode. Much appreciated. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
dahmwern wrote: So, I've got a Twisted Pear Audio Opus DAC with their USB receiver. Soon I'll be switching this over to have the S/PDIF receiver with TOSLINK however until my ODAC comes (supports 24/96 unlike the TPA USB receiver) all I've got is this DAC. I got it working with no ticks or pops thanks to the solution on page 12. However, I tried Soudcheck's TT 3.0 mod and then I couldn't get USB working again. Can someone help me out on how I can have both going at the same time? Try disabling or commenting out the entire tt 3.0 priority section for starters. Or, alternatively, you can copy/paste into the tt 3.0 file the new priority section that SBGK has developed here: http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
dahmwern wrote: I wonder if I could just do this using a USB Hub? I'm not really sure how a USB hub solves ticks and pops if its just a pass through... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput It looks like you can do TT3.0 and EDO at the same time, though I think that would interfere with one another. I'll have to try it out sometime. You could try a hub, but I doubt it'll solve the issue of EDO and TT 3.0 working together. EDO and TT 3.0 will work together just fine if you modifiy or eliminate the TT 3.0 priority section. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Hi Triode, In the EnhancedDigitalOutput.lua file, does it matter what name the alsaPlaybackDevice is called. The device is named VLink in some of the other files. The default name in the EnhancedDigitalOutput.lua file is default. Should it be changed to VLink in that lua file or is the device name ignored??? Thanks. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: Depends on the source file - but if its flac, then just allow native decode to see what happens. What is the sample rate? All my source files on the server are flac. Setting LMS to native decode shows sample rate at 44105 for standard res files, and fluctuates plus or minus a couple digits around 96110 for a couple hi-rez files I played. When playing low bitrate radio it also showed 44105. The sample rate field on the Touch's EDO device/info screen disappeared when I tried to switch from the radio back to server. Hope this helps a little... rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: New release available with two new features: - bug fix to avoid crash when using low sample rates which require resampling [1] - additional very large buffer values for use with usb interfaces - note these will delay responsiveness of changing tracks as it takes multiple seconds to drain buffer of existing samples [1] hopefully fixes rgro's problem. It looks like the alsa library version we use can crash when closing the alsa device if we used a high buffer time for the device when the plug layer is active. This version uses a fixed (the default) buffer size when opening streams which need resampling via the plug layer. This means you ought to be able to tune the output buffer (should you think this is useful) and it not prevent you also switching between low sample rate radio stations and higher sample rates. Hi Triode, Absolutely brilliant! The problem is, indeed, fixed. Thank you so much for your time and effort. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch: WIFI or WIred that's my question?!?
Thanks to SBGK, the problem with switching to low bit rate streams is now isolated to the period count. At 10 buffer with a period count of 2, works o.k.; period count of 3 mostly works (chipmunks on the radio stream for a second and then stabilizes, but can switch back and forth between low bitrate station and server music). At a period count of 4; using any buffer setting, up to and including 9, the switch back to server music from low bitrate stream kills everything. I don't know that there's a solution to allow a larger buffer AND larger period count but at least there's some understanding, now, of where the problem lies... rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94923 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: I see you are playing the local files as pcm - can you confirm what the sample rate for these is. Does it change if you stream as flac? Forgive memy understanding is that, in LMS, setting flac to disabled and PCM to flac enables flac decoding to take place on the server? If I change flac to native and leave PCM as flac will that change the stream to flac or do I also need to set PCM to disabled? rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Hi Triode, I've experimented with a number of different combinations, but the only one that seems to work when switching from a low bitrate radio stream to My Music is your default buffer settings. As soon as I go to the large buffer setting and switch from radio to My Music, I get the immediate lockup and the Touch disappears off the network. I tried stopping the stream prior to switching but that had no effect. Quite odd... rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Hi Triode, Here is the debug from the last episode I just induced: 13388 I hope this attachment worksfirst time I've attempted. +---+ |Filename: Debug.txt| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13388| +---+ rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: Afraid I can't reproduce this. Can you try to capture some log from /var/log/messages with audio.output debugging enabled when you switch sample rates? Triode... In order to rule out everything else, I started from scratch---all the way down to reinstalling 7.7.2 in the Touch. Then I installed EDO, only---absolutely nothing else. With the default buffer settings I was able to switch back and forth from low bitrate internet radio (tried this with several different stations) to My Music with no problem. With the large buffer settings, when I switched from low bitrate internet radio back to My Music, it caused everything to lock up and immediately precipitated an auto-reboot of the Touch. Very strange. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: Can you recreate without a screensaver to see if the screen really locks up? I can't see how it would lock up the screen on itself the changed code could cause a reboot or loss of audio though. Still trying to figure out what's doing this. Here's what happened a few minutes ago: Had screensaver delay set to 10 sec, the screen had properly turned itself off, and had listened to music for an hour or so. Went to the touchscreen after that hour to see what would happen touched it and, at first, nothing.then after maybe 5 or 6 sec delay, the home screen finally came up. Then, when attempting to choose menu items, etc. the response was exceedingly slow and then after a couple of attempts at selecting menu items, the screen became completely unresponsive. Stopping the music via iPeng didn't change anything. And, again, pressing the reset button was non-functional, so had to do a power off/on restart in order to restore screen function. It's almost as if something gets progressively full/overloaded and at some point the whole thing just grinds to a halt. Just a random idea: would having the tt 3.0 tt -k (the daemon killer) turned on possibly be causing some issue??? I did have the daemon-killer enabled. Regards, rgro rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Hi Triode, So it seems there is a two part problem. I was playing a low bit rate radio stream and then switched to My Music to play some music off the server. As soon as I attempted to switch to My Music, that completely locked up the Touch. It disappeared from the available players and essentially become non-existent, and though the screen was still displayed, it was unresponsive. Power-off reboot restored functionality. I have recreated this three times in a row, so I'm quite sure that's where the problem lies... Cheers, rgro rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: Can you give me an example url for the low bitrate stream causing this so I can reproduce? This is what I was listening to: http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?id=s34153partnerId=16 Best, rgro rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Mnyb wrote: If I read this correctly, it seems you have LMS configured so that playing radio makes the Touch switch to mysqueezebox.com and when choosing my music it reconnects to the local server ? I believe that's correct. The radio station in question was listed in My Favorites on mySqueezebox.com and then My Music switches (or in this case attempts to, unsucessfully) back to the local server (Vortexbox). rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: New version of app released with the following changes: - potentially reduced stutter for 176/192k playback by delaying start of playback for these sample rates until the output buffer has reached greater fill - support low sample rates of internet radio streams by falling back to software resampling if the sample rate is not supported - experimental option for setting alsa buffer settings (under settings advanced digital output) (Please note users of some usb 2 dacs will still need to manually install the alternative kernel described in the experiment thread.) Please post feedback here. A big thank you from Mrs. rgro.she can now listen to her favorite radio station (one of those low bit rate streams) again! She's quite delighted. I've had no issues with 0.6, yet, using the MF V link II w/usb hub. All available resolutions up to 24/96 play fine. Did you modify the experimental alsa buffer settings from what you posted a week or so ago, or are they identical? Cheers, rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Hi Triode, Had a sudden shutdown in the midst of playing music about an hour post-installation of 0.6. Pressing the reset button did nothing and screen was dead---had to pull the power and start up. rgro rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Radio Apps Sound Like Chipmunks
Triode wrote: Could you give me an example of the radio streams which play like chipmunks? I think it may be possible to enable the resampling layer just for sample rates which are not supported by the hardware. I'll contribute one: The Mountain KMTT 103.7 in Seattle... rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95144 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
Triode wrote: Yep - I have a test version of jive_alsa which does something similar (it is actually the place where the outputThreshold is used, so it can be set to ignore the value sent from the server for high sample rates) Will publish soon for test [only held off as it has a few other experiments in it] Squeezeplay has 3 buffers of relevance: Streambuf (3M bytes) - (decoder) - Outputbuf (10 seconds at 44.1) - (jive_alsa) - alsa buffer outputThreshold changes when jive_alsa starts to play a new track from output buffer. I have tested with the threshold at 1 second which is the same as you are using. It seems to work in these cases for 192k playback. Note that 192k is always going to be more susceptible to other processes on Touch than lower rates as the 10s output buff is sized for 44.1 and is only 2 and a bit seconds worth for 192k. However the rest of the squeezeplay application should not block for this long. Jive_alsa runs at real time priority and it is the frequency this runs which is impacted by alsa buffer tuning. Edit: try the attached (unzip and use to replace in /usr/bin/jive_alsa within Touch - make sure it is executable). It is intended to be used with periodCount of 3 or more. Hi Triode, I'd like to give this a try, but have no clue what to do with this file once I've downloaded it. Will be using a Win7 PC and Win SCP. Would it be possible to list the steps one would go through to get the file over to usr/bin/jive_alsa. I'm familiar with the general process (have done it with tt 3.0). What does one need to do to make sure it is executable? Sorry for being a noob...but thanks for all your good efforts! rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch: WIFI or WIred that's my question?!?
You, indeed, can change the VBA's flac compression level by editing the /etc/ripit/conifg file. The default is set at 5. I use iPeng (on an iPad 1), too and find it quite snappy. albertone74 wrote: Guido you are right I have noticed that option as well but I have never used it so far. At some point I would like to do that sort of comparison! Good point about the possibility of updating the Linux distro through the optical drive. I am so tempted to place the order in the weekend without being caught by my wife;) Anyways I would like to ask you the same question I asked to garym before. Is it iPengHD working fast while browsing your music collection? rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94923 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Questions from new Touch adopter
toby10 wrote: From anywhere within the Touch menu's if you swipe the screen from L to R you will be taken to the Home menu, for Off/Standby you are seeking. Or, from anywhere, a long press on the back arrow will also bring you to the Home screen. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94827 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput
lake_eleven wrote: Iam unable to connect to SBT using WinSCP after installing Triode app on vanilla SBT Make sure that, in the process of installing the Triode app, your Remote Login setting on the Touch didn't reset itself. You might have reenable it. Also, you can open the terminal application (just like Putty) from WinSCP by just hitting a CTRLT while you're in the WinSCP program. That should open a terminal window. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Bit Rate Changes Causes DAC to Stick
Just to cover all the bases, have you tried connecting the Touch's analog outs to the Rotel's analog inputs (via standard RCA cables)? If your problem goes away, then you've further isolated things. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94259 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Bit Rate Changes Causes DAC to Stick
Glad to hear that might be a solution. I don't know if your how your Rotel circuitry is set up internally. It's possible that there are some handshake issues with the Touch's digital signal being fed into the Rotel's internal dac. Others more knowledgeable than I can probably explain why this might be. If the Rotel has some type of bypass switch or direct mode(you can probably find that out in the manual somewhere), you could also go back to your Toslink or coax connection and, if you do have a direct or bypass mode, see if that affects anything. Otherwise, probably best to just stick with using the Touch's analog outs and let the amp do the digitial lifting. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94259 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Asynch USB vs. non-USB
Looking at all the excitement over Triode's work with asynchronous USB stuff, can someone explain to all of us numpties if asynch USB is somehow better than, for instance, using a regular dac's connection to the Touch via coax or toslink? For instance, my Rega dac has a USB input. If the efforts to refine the Touch's USB output are ultimately successful, and reliably so, would there be some advantage to my implementing the Rega's USB connection vs. the coax/toslink connections? Thank you. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94218 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Asynch USB vs. non-USB
Thank you both. In light of your commenets, I did a bit of research on the Rega dac. It seems that its USB interface only supports up to 16 bit/48khz files. While I don't have a huge amount of 24 bit/88/96khz files, I have enough that I don't think I would sacrifice those in order to make the switch. Apparently there are several ansychronous USB to SPDIF convertors (the MF V-link being one) that will handle up to 24/96khz files. But, I wonder if adding another device that converts the asynch usb back to SPDIF is going to make me no better off, or even worse off than just staying with my current configuration (aside from purchasing a different dac). Any thoughts on this? -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94218 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] A timeless Question
If you go to your VBA's GUI and click on the System Configuration icon. If the time shown on that page is wrong/wrong time zone, you can use the drop-down menu to correct it. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94125 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New SBT user
Hello and welcome, You probably ought to give us a few more specifics. Are you looking for equipment recommendations, or do you already have a system in place into which you're going to integrate the Touch? If you already have some gear that you intend to use, let us know what it is and what your particular questions are. There are lots of very knowledgeable folks here that can help out. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94091 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Pop when changing tracks of different sampling rate
I tend to agree with Mnybit's likely the dac. Mine does this--always has no matter what's running in the Touch or LMS (I knew this was a feature when I purchased the dac). Oddly, it doesn't do it 100% of the time when changing sample rates, and for me it's more of a modest little static burst than a pop. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Teddy Pardo PS, Touch (wired) Toslink Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0, Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93969 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie, Need advice for my SBT
pfcbongo;679783 Wrote: HI, new to forum, I have a SBT on the way to me and I need some advice on what is the best way to set up the the SBT without having the pc on to play music and using and accessing all the radio stations, I am guessing it is a stand alone server ie like a NAS or something like it, any advice and help will be very much appreciated, thanks in advance. Bongo Check this out, a number of folks here use ithighly recommeneded. http://vortexbox.org/buy/ You can also buy/build your own small computer/server and put the Vortexbox o/s on it (the software is free). -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92617 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] audiophile's holidays
Ikabob;678885 Wrote: I'd like a Rega DAC and a Vortexbox. Yeah, you would! Have a very Merry Christmas.enjoy some great music, and sorry about the Buckeye's ban, but you did get a really good coach! RPG III is gonna' give us fits in the Alamo--of that I'm 100% sure! -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92510 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] audiophile's holidays
castalla;678911 Wrote: What would Jesus want for Christmas??? A cartridge in a Peachtree! -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92510 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Which outputs
pavowren;678918 Wrote: i'd vote for optical digital output with soundcheck tweaks applied. i'm surely happy with the resulting sound. +1, but I didn't want to bias him/her. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92501 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Which outputs
STEVESPUR;678612 Wrote: After much deliberation finally got round to getting a Touch (which strangely enough will appear on 25/12!) I will be connecting it to my Marantz amp. Which of the Touch outputs should I use - Stereo analog (RCA), digital optical, or digital coax output? (basic stuff I know) I will be using the Touch the same way as a Receiver (i.e. not with a USB drive attd) Any tips / quirks I should take note of? Thanks Welcome to the Touch world! You can use any of the outputs and note that they're all on and active simulteneously. So you can actually hook all three up at the same time (if your Marantz has all three input types) and switch your amp's inputs back and forth to see which you prefer. However, many (including me) here would argue that either of the digitals will be the best. But, really, for a relatively small investment in a coax, Toslink/optical, and RCA cable, you can hear and decide for yourself. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.1 r9557. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92501 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] latest firmware and Soundcheck
pavowren;677015 Wrote: my touch just got an update today. so, i had to redo Soundcheck tweak. first, tt -i command stated it was already initialized. and tt -s produced a bunch of errors i did not see before. i guess Soundcheck is not quite compatible with the latest firmware. right? Klaus? anyone have ideas what's going on? TT is working fine for me on 7.7.1. Maybe try deleting and reinstalling the the whole tt file. In the past, the Touch firmware updates overwrote the old firmware, necessitating a complete reinstall of the mods. I actually had a problem with the Touch's firmware update hanging up and wound up needing to do a complete Touch factory reset. Of course, this also required reinstalling the TT file and redoing all off the Touch's configuration mods. A bit of a pain, for sure, but at least I know that TT 3.0 will work, given a fresh install. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.0 r9546. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92319 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] latest firmware and Soundcheck
guidof;677022 Wrote: Did you do a factory reset *after* updating the firmware *but before* reinstalling TT3.0? If not, that was most likely the problem. Guido F. Yeah, absolutely. The factory reset will wipe the TT files clean. Fortunately, if you don't need to do the factory reset, installing TT is fairly simple and quickredoing all the Touch's settings after a reset is what takes most of the time. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.0 r9546. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92319 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] latest firmware and Soundcheck
pavowren;677089 Wrote: so let me make sure i understand... after a firmware update, i must do a factory reset to delete or uninstall soundcheck? is there a way to opt out of firmware update 'cause i do not recall i had a choice? I would certainly try, first, to delete the TT 3.0 files if you can find them easily, then reinstall TT. If, when you then try to reinstall TT, it tells you it's still there, the easiest way to for sure get rid of TT is to factory reset the Touch. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV Signature amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.7.1 r33751 on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 2.0. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.7.1 r9558. Duet: FW 7.7.0 r9546. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92319 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I am baffled 2
Or, the player settings could have been set, or inadvertently reset, to play only selected song instead of play other songs in album or directory. See SBS Settings Player Play other songs in album -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91078 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't jump to a music file
mherger;664198 Wrote: It's an SBS (not iPeng's) bug, and one that I find particularly annoying! Please vote for it at http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17576 and maybe we can get the priority raised on it. You might want to add a little more information to that bug report. Eg. why you know/think this is a SBS issue. -- Michael Ubecause Pippin said it was. But now that I look back at that interchange I think he cited a different bug. Seems we may have two bugs filed for the same problem??? See below: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929page=367 (September 15). Quote: Originally Posted by rgro I have a small problem which is vexing me. I suspect it's something simple, but I just can't quite figure it out. When I'm selecting an album from either Genre or Artist, the tracks are displayed and I can select any track and it will play that track just fine. However, when I select an album from Music Folder, the tracks are displayed and no matter which track I select to play, it always plays track #1. The only way I can get a specific track (other than #1) to play is to touch and hold that track which brings up the context menu and then touching Play will play that track. Indeed. Looks like they broke play_index again for Muic Folders in 7.6.1 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17199 -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91018 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't jump to a music file
Thanks, Michael. Maybe I'm in the minority, but the way I've got my music folder organized, it's quite conducive for locating my music, so I use it often as opposed to genres, albums, or artists which I use less frequently. So, for me, fixing this would be extremely nice, pretty pleeeze!!! ;) -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: Duet/SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91018 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't jump to a music file
Lapiovra;664100 Wrote: I am using sb touch together with a Synology NAS and an ipod touch as remote-control (app Ipeng). When I am in the album mode, and choose an music-number from an album, the Touch always played directly that number (and made a playlist for the total Album). But now after upgrading to squeezebox server 7.6.1 the Touch always plays the first number from the CD. So whatever I choose, SB Touch always goes to the first number of the album. Anybody with a solution? It's an SBS (not iPeng's) bug, and one that I find particularly annoying! Please vote for it at http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17576 and maybe we can get the priority raised on it. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91018 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't jump to a music file
Lapiovra;664106 Wrote: Thanks. I just voted. Yes! thanks. Specifically, I only find this bug when, in iPeng, trying to go to a particular track from an album accessed via my Music Folder. Acessing an individual track (other than #1) from Genres, Albums, or Artists seems to work fine. Pippin has verified both the bug and the fact that it's an SBS problem. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91018 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Instructions for connecting USB DAC to Touch
paul.raulerson;663276 Wrote: I choose the Wavelength with USB only over the Benchmark, but I really do love the Benchmark's sound. I have also heard that the Rega DAC does a bangup job with the Touch too. Wow. :) -Paul It (the Rega) does, indeed! -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
Thanks for informing us about this, Gazjam. Would the improvements be noticeable, at least in theory, if one is using the Touch's digital outputs (coax or optical)? Other than my complete and utter lack of electrical knowledge, I ask because sometimes I read that these types of mods/upgrades seem to only have a positive effect if one is using the Touch's analog outs. -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] linear power supplies, done right can improve the Touch.
Gazjam;661902 Wrote: Yup, I use my Touch straight into a Dac via SPDIF. The improvement is with digital, didnt try analogue as I've software modded my Touch to switch off all outputs except SPDIF. Thanks, same here.I'll save my pennies and put it on my list of stuff to try! -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via optical Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90742 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Maverick Audio Tubemagic DAC and Touch
Mnyb;661331 Wrote: If you cue up only 24/96 songs in a list does it then pops between songs or not, This issue should be fixed all recent fw versions. Popping when shifting samplerate is probably more of an DAC issue, as the built in does not pop Yeah, my Rega Dac pops when I change from a 44.1 to 88.2 or 96kz album. I knew this was a feature when I purchased it. Oddly, though, if I have mixed 44.1 or 88/96 tracks in a playlist, in that situaion it doesn't seem to pop when changing sample rates track to track. No idea why that ought to be the case... -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90711 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch for $209 at electronics expo
Surely you must need a backup Touch on the shelf in case your current one bites it someday. ;) -- rgro Rg System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90531 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie SB Touch Help Please.
Also, you should take a hard look at the Vortexbox Appliance as a very good server + storage option. A number of folks here, myself included, are pretty pleased with this one box solution. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90372 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie SB Touch Help Please.
Gareth82;657772 Wrote: Thanks for that, i will have a look into one of these. Any help on tweeks and upgrades would be great as i am very impressed with what the touch can do. Out of interest, how well does the Rega Dac work with the SB touch? Is it much of an improvement over the on board Dac as i know it is ment to be good? Over on the audiophile forum, there are two threads having to do with Touch tweaks that, for some, seem to have made noticeable improvements in the overall sq. One thread is Soundcheck's Touch Toolbox, the other thread started out with mods made by dynaudiorules and then others added their own improvements. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89359 As far as the Rega Dac, I couldn't be happier with how it sounds in my setup and, yes, I did feel it was an excellent improvement over just the straight Touch dac. As far as my own experience, the positive comments regarding the Rega Dac made by others here and in other forums are accurate. Personally, I like the Vortexbox solution (having used my main PC as the SB server for a year and a half) because I can just tuck it away somewhere out of sight, leave it on 24/7 and the thing just seems to work. If you don't have the budget (or desire) for a dedicated server device, then using the PC makes sense as a multi-tasking unit. But, I just found it became increasingly a PITA to use the PC for my music server stuff. Do keep in mind that the Vortexbox is a Linux-based device. I didn't know one thing about Linux prior to purchasing the Vortexbox and, honestly, that hasn't really been much of a factor. Any tweaks such as those in the above threads will have you working with Linux command line stuff in the Touch, so if you're a fiddler at all, you'll wind up dabbling in Linux anyway. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.6.1 r33149 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.6.1 r9486. Duet: FW 77 r9486. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90372 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Which output?
I think most here would advise you to try both and see which one you like. All outputs on the Touch are active simultaneously I suspect your h/k receiver has input switching, so connect both digitial and analog outputs from the Touch and you can just go back forth between the two and see what you prefer. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC LFD LE IV amp VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.4 r32298 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.4 r9408. Duet: FW 68. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88681 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ipeng and Touch Clock
If you go over to this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51929 you'll see some 3,000+ posts of folks using iPeng. A fair number (including me) are using it to control their Touch-based systems. It works great... Not sure about the time issuenot anything I've experienced. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.4 r32298 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.9. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.4 r9408. Duet: FW 68. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88194 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Help! Too many options and not enough brain...
Not sure about iTunes support because I've never used it, but a Vortexbox applicance (aka VBA) will do the rest of what you want... Like this, there's a fairly active community should you need advice and support and Andrew's a frequent contributor here, too. http://vortexbox.org. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.4 r32298 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.8. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.4 r9408. Duet: FW 68. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88042 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 2 questions! (new user of Touch)
ralphpnj;624376 Wrote: My Touch's firmware is 7.5.3-r9377 and the problem is NOT fixed. In what firmware version (number, please) will this fixed problem actually be fixed? In the changelog for the yet to-be-released 7.6, in shows that bug #16280 (fix ambient light calculcation) is going to be fixed. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Vortexbox Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86901 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Album Covers sometimes appears question
Ah, but the question pertaining to this thread would be: did the files that caused the problem have embedded artwork larger than 500 X 500? If so, then it becomes a question of trading off any perceived SQ benefit in shifting the decoding to the server vs. having (or deleting) the large embedded art files. As an aside, that mod can be one of a set of (Soundcheck's) mods that some folks here (me included) say have made a noticeable difference in the Touch's SQ, though if done one at a time, people may or may not perceive any differences with an individual mod. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86658 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Album Covers sometimes appears question
Embedded art works fine, but every once in a while it can cause a little problem. I recently downloaded an album from HDtracks that had embedded art in each track. Unfortunately the art was 1400 x 1400 (238kb) and the large size of the image caused SBS/Touch to have a big hairball. The result was a huge burst of static when I tried to play the tracks...no music whatsoever. I had to use MP3tag to remove the embedded art from each track and then put a smaller jpeg in with the traditional cover.jpg file and all was solved...So embedded art, unless you put it in yourself and are careful with file and image size, can cause this sort of issue. edmondwolfman;622233 Wrote: Do you have your art as a jpg in the same folder as the music or have you embedded it into each file? I use MP3Tag and embed the album art into each flac and my artwork never disappears. I do run my server and have my music on my pc though. I had it on a synolgy NAS at first but that was just too slow when reindexing, etc. You said it takes over 40 minutes to rescan and my synology was similar to what your are getting. Since I moved my server to my pc and my music to a hd on the pc my clear everything and rescan takes around 7 minutes and I have a lot of music, much of it being hi res. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86658 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Album Covers sometimes appears question
Sorry, my bad. I downloaded two albums on the same daythe one that gave me problems was actually the other one...Philadelphia Orchestra/De Burgos---Schumann/Chausson/Ravel. edmondwolfman;622301 Wrote: I d'loaded that same album and I had no problems at all. My touch is connected via ethernet and then TosLink to DACMagic. I'll check later and see if they changed the embedded art of if I have the same size that was causing problems for you. Update: I checked the artwork for Sophisticated Ladies from HDTracks and in MP3Tag it shows that the album art is 488x480. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86658 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Album Covers sometimes appears question
That's the way I have them, too, on my VBAeach music file has a cover.jpg and folder.jpg. Apparently having the both of them covers all the bases souwalker;622397 Wrote: I have all my alburm art called covers.jpg in the same folder as the music. So it's worth while considering a Vortexbox Appliance... Rgds Patrick -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax Rega DAC Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86658 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] connected my Touch to SBS via ethernet for the first time (wow!)
Howard Turkster;612091 Wrote: Thanks for the replies. I feel like I'm making progress. :) On option #1 above here, does the router have to be connected to my home network/modem? If I put an ethernet switch between the VBA and Touch alone, without any connection to my home network, would that suffice? Basically what my situation comes down to is this -- my stereo listening system does not have wired access to my home network, and enabling it as such with some new wiring doesn't seem feasible at this time. And I do not want to connect wirelessly. I also prefer ethernet connection to use of standalone HDD connected via USB. I want to use the Touch on my listening system because I like the use of its analogue outs, and I do like the ability to stream Internet radio (yes, wirelessly for that) into my amp via these analogue outs. And I like its overall functionality. So the easiest way to plug a 'server' directly into the Touch is what I'm looking for. If I can use a VBA with an ethernet switch between them I'm all for that. If I can't connect them through any intermediary that itself is not somehow connected to my home network, then I might just go back to using a netbook, which has already proven that it works. I just would prefer using a VBA, or similar device, at this point. My configuration is this: DSL modem/router 16 port ethernet switch VBA Touch Stereo I have about 10 devices (including the VBA, Touch, and a wireless router configured as an access point) connected to the switch---all via CAT6 cable---and it all works flawlessly. Installing the switch is dead simplepower it up, plug in your internet connection into one of the ports, plug in whatever devices you're going to plug into it, and it takes care of each device being able to see/talk to the others. One thing to be very aware of is, if--as I did---you're going to plug a wireless router into the switch AND if both your broadband and wireless router are running DHCP servers, you'll very likely need to turn off DHCP in your wireless router and turn it into a simple access point. Otherwise you'll probably run into IP address conflicts between your broadband router and your wireless router which will vex and befuddle you (speaking from personal experience!). -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] connected my Touch to SBS via ethernet for the first time (wow!)
Howard Turkster;612103 Wrote: Another question -- am I crazy? :p You're not crazyjust grappling with some fundamental understandings of how these things work. We've all been there. With all of the help available here and with a bit of work and patience on your part...sooner or later you'll get it! -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] connected my Touch to SBS via ethernet for the first time (wow!)
Howard Turkster;612120 Wrote: Maybe I should just pay a professional electrician to wire my house. Actually, a better recommendation would be to spend a few dollars on getting someone who's network savy out to your house---the Geek Squad folks would be one such resource. Just tell them what you want to do and I'll bet they'll have it figured out in 10 min...for these guys this is child's play. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
Stephen;609790 Wrote: If I had an iPad, I would at least try the screen thing. I did/am. For several reasons, not debating the perceived incremental changes--or lack thereof---in sq, I'm kinda' liking the iPad/iPeng combo. We've essentially put the iPad on a stand in the same home position as the Touch--on the shelf with the amp and dac. It now looks like a giant Touch. The now playing screen readability from across the room is vastly improved plus, as others pointed out, there's just a lot more real estate for reading playlists, search results, etc. Not to mention the portability and all the other cool things about the iPad. Mrs. rgro is in Apple heaven and I've gotta' admit, after listening to the final movement of a 24/96 Mahler's 2nd (which is, for lack of a better word, a rather dense piece!) after we got everything all set up last night, there is a clarity and breadth to the music that is totally involving. Even my stuff on Rhapsody sounds damn good, now. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
Stephen;610067 Wrote: I'm hesitant to spend $500 for just a remote, although it's certainly tempting. I just spent $1200 on a top-down computer build. I'm not crazy about the idea of an iPad cannibalizing that investment. Don't blame you one bit. This is, of course, more of an indulgence than anything else (but I guess many might say that of all the other stuff, too!). I have absolutely no doubt that the iPad will (already is) be put to other, very non-essential, uses, too ;). Think I'll go lay on the couch, read an ebook and control my music.;)!!! -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) via spdif coax CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
aubuti;609317 Wrote: No need to be crude, even if you do insert little ** Some people say turning off the screen makes no difference to the audio. Some people say that turning off the screen (and turning off a lot of other things on the Touch, like wifi, multiple outputs, onboard decoding, etc) lightens the processing load on the Touch and therefore the Touch does a better job of processing the audio. Some people say they have no idea why turning off the screen would make a difference, but they don't care and just think it sounds better. There are probably other camps, but those are the main constituencies. There is much discussion of this in other forum threads, and this is the main one at present: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84742 Finally, it's easy to try and decide for yourself. Well said, Aubuti! Now, last night Mrs. rgro and I did about a 1/2 hour of A/B listening. We used a 24/96 track of Dianna Krall's. With abolutely nothing else changing, we went back and forth (though this cannot be done instantaneously) between screen on and screen off. The difference is subtle, at most, though we're going to try some more, today. FWIW, Mrs. rgro was able to identify the screen off mode in a couple of blind testssaid there was more clarity...almost as if the screen-on tracks had a bit more of a muffled sense in comparison to screen off. This is somewhat contrary to whatever occurred before (per my original post) where the SQ differences were, on the order of things, fairly striking. BUT...as I pointed out, we did a bunch of stuff mostly in one fell swoop. Along with the other stuff, when we did all of the soundcheck mods, we did them en masse (except the screen-off). Which, of course, makes me wonder if it was much easier to resolve and hear the effects of a number of cumulative changes as opposed to being able to hear and resolve the effect of just the one specific mod, cable change, ethernet, etc. (probably stating the obvious, but...). -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
Thanks MCR but, as I'd mentioned, spousal use of the Touch does preclude my turning off the screen. I suppose if I buy her an iPad and install iPeng, etc. we can dispense with the screen, but that seems a bit much. Garym, pragang, et al: I've been reluctant to get into the power supply issue on the Touch since the benefits seems a bit err, ummm, unclear. One question that this does bring to mind, though, is: Is there any point to looking at the power supply to the DacMagic or is that just not going to enter into the equation??? I've never seen much discussion of the ps's on dacs influencing SQ. I suppose there's probably a good reason for that, but I've no clue as to why. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
I see, now, that the DacMagic's power supplies are actually internal. The visible wall wart is just the transformer, so one can't just pop on a new power supply. However, it appears the both Audiocom and Fidelity Audio (both in the U.K.) offer fairly signficant DacMagic upgrades. http://www.audiocominternational.com/product_info.php?products_id=48 http://www.fidelityaudio.co.uk/dacmagicazur.shtml Anyone care to comment on either/both of these?? -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
romis138;609169 Wrote: Where can I get the mod mentioned in the first post? Here: http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/2011/01/soundchecks-squeezebox-touch-toolbox-20.html And, for the volume lock mod: http://soundcheck-audio.blogspot.com/2011/01/soundchecks-tt-beta-blog.html#more -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
krzys;609190 Wrote: +1 for the display turned off, the improvement is very clear except that one have to find a way to control the Touch Chris Hmmmyou guys are really making me think seriously about an iPod Touch or iPad. The lovely Mrs. rgro will never go for having to fire up her computer to control the music, but since she's a confirmed Apple devotee, she would probably not have an issue with getting an iThing. My bank account will never forgive any of you ;). -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
Phil Leigh;608763 Wrote: The most likely explanation is the change of cables which may have slightly altered the frequency response of the system (the new cables may have a flatter response and so will not emphasize tape hiss (which is usually in the 10kHz+ region). Easy enough to check by reverting the cables. I'm not too familiar with the particular Copland (personally preferring the Bernstein/NYP) recording, but I see that it has a fairly high level of residual tape hiss - even the SACD version wasn't cleaned. This hiss is detail in the original tape master recording - like it or not - and so should be preserved in the replay chain. So your changes must have slightly flattened/dulled the frequency response if you now find the hiss less noticeable. wi-fi/ethernet doesn't change frequency response nor do Soundcheck's mods - ESPECIALLY if you are using an external DAC. Thanks, Phil. Interesting that it could be related to the simple change of cables...that's probably the last of the three changes I'd have thought responsible (too simple, heheh). My reasoning for changing the cables was thinking that those cables are essentially the main artery for the sound traveling between dac and amp, so why trust that to cheap cables...the LC-1's were only about $30, so it wasn't a life-altering investment and seemed worth it if only for peace of mind. I hadn't really expected that anything would change as a result. But, indeed, it's very easy to check, and check I shall as soon as I've had my morning coffee -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
And, in all honesty, there was really not a readily apparent difference. If I'd really worked at it I might've convinced myself that there was a slight improvement in overall SQ with the LC-1's, but it would fall squarely in the Twilight Zone. Fanfare still sounded stellar. I'm still keeping the LC-1's---more as an insurance policy than for anything else. I am quite content to say that, whatever combination of factors outside the cables that have conspired to come together, I am absolutely delighted with the result. It's only been about 15 months since we got our first Squeeze device (the Duet) and it's been an amazing progression of improvements and a really fun learning process. The current combo of Touch, VBA, VA speakers, etc. is producing truly wonderful sounds in the living room chez rgro! I suspect that I am now at, or at least very near, the endpoint of squeezing (sorry for the pun) the last few % of sound quality from my existing systems. Absent spending some really big money, I'll probably call it good for now. Couldn't have done it without the assistance of this great community here. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
Hi... I've made three changes in my system over the past month or so: 1. Switched from wi-fi to ethernet. 2. Implemented Soundcheck's mods (except one the turning off the Touch's screen---that one is off-limits by spousal decree). 3. Most recently (yesterday) changed the interconnects between the DacMagic and my amp from the cheap RCA's that came with the DacMagic to a pair of Blue Jeans LC-1's. I've been happily running through my music collection and enjoying some good sounds---seeemingly sounding improved, but hard to really say for sure. Tonight I cued up Copland conducts Copland---a collection of Aaron Copland's works---Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, etc. This was recorded in the 60's I believe with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. I'd listened to the Copland a few months (pre the above changes) ago after ripping my whole CD collection onto the VBA and, had mentally noted a fair amount of audible noise (hiss) and, though a bit disappointed, I'd just figured it was due to it being a not-so-good recording. I could really hear this noise during Fanfare---anyone who knows the piece will understand why. Suffice to say that tonight I was stunned from the opening bars. The noise/hiss is almost gone...the reverberations from the gong and tympani are crystal clear and there was a depth and breadth to the sound that was simply not there beforethis piece of music has completely come alive. In some of the other Copland pieces, besides the enhanced clarity and depth, I can hear those little human-caused noises from the musicians that were not audible before. This one's not just an I kinda' think it sounds betterI have absolutely no doubt, now, that one or more of these changes have upped my system's performance to a higher level. My 57 yr. old ears are still in damn good shape (I can still hear the infamous Mosquito tone), so I know---at the least---that I can hear the difference between more hiss and little or no hiss, heheh. No, it's not night and day, but I have absolutely no doubt, now, that an additional level of quality is present that was not there before. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music really IS better sounding after changes
mlsstl;608735 Wrote: I've never heard of hiss as an artifact of a digital deficiency. That is almost inevitably a byproduct of tape noise from the open reel used for the original recording or something else going on with your analog gain stages in your amplification stream. A recording from the 1960s would almost certainly have been recorded on a studio open reel and this would have been pre-Dolby. The master recording is simply going to contain a certain amount of hiss. Unless you are using digital processing to remove this hiss, it simply won't go away because you've changed certain aspects of your digital configuration. Yeah, I'd thought about tape hiss and had wondered, myself, how it would be possible for something on the recording itself to be sort of filtered out by my equipment and not affect the rest of the recording's sound quality, but that's about as far as my thinking and knowledge could get. Perhaps something else is at work here? I don't purport to know nor understand the source of the noise nor the mechanism(s) by which it was all but removed (I can still hear a little of it). Of course, this also made me wonder if, since this particular recording had clearly audible noise that has been reduced, if I've been experiencing other lower level noise (for lack of a better term) on better recordings that has also been reduced, thus leading to a less noticeable--but still there---improvement in SQ on other music. But, all I really know for sure is that on this particular recording a clearly audible noise that was once there and obscuring a degree of clarity is now all but gone. I know the changes I've made (and they're the only ones) and, at least as pertains to the particular noise, and the current lack thereof, I trust my hearing as accurate. I happily accept that a claims such as the generalized everything's so much better when I did xx are open to rampant speculation and derision, but on this one aspect on this one recording I am confident beyond a shadow of a doubt that this change has occured. Beyond that it's all electronic voodoo ;) as far as I'm concerned. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85449 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] connected my Touch to SBS via ethernet for the first time (wow!)
Howard Turkster;608453 Wrote: My only problem there is it costs more than the Touch itself. I was more interested in a 'beater' computer or maybe a very cheap netbook in the 75-175 range. Any suggestions there? You can install the Vortexbox software on any suitable beater computer you have around that will suffice as a server. The s/w is a free download from the Vortexbox website. If you don't prefer the somewhat enhanced functionality of the Vortexbox s/w (and its Linux-based operating system), why not just install the SBS software on said same beater computer? A lot of folks here have done just that and it seems to work just fine. Currently, as a backup to my Vortexbox, I keep an up to date copy of SBS installed on my Win7 desktop PC (which ran everything just fine before I got the VBA). Just keep in mind that you'll likely decide that want to run your server 24/7, so aesthetics and power consumption may or may not come into play. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
garym;606746 Wrote: Yes. Update is via vortexbox web GUI. I think 7.5.2 is the newest version there. NopeAndrew's got 7.5.3 r31815 loaded. That's what'll install if you do an update via the VBA GUI. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wired) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wired) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.3 r31815 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.3 r9283. Duet: FW 67. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 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] sound quality connected to a stereo
nille12345;605653 Wrote: Hi! I have had as SB Classic, but it's no longer working. I was very happy with it, but not when I connected it to my stereo. The sound was quite dull and not very good at all. So I want to know what the sound of a Touch is like when connected to a stereo. Maybe I connected my classic wrongly or used the wrong cables. I connected it through phono, which was the only place where it was able to produce any sound. Hoping somebody will be able to shed light on this matter. Peter Ummm...if you had the Classic connected into the phono input jacks of your amplifier, that would very likely be a problem. Much less of a problem if you had the Classic connected to the correct amp inputs and were just using RCA phono-type RCA cords. If you don't have enough non-phono input connections on your amp to accommodate the Classic or possibly the Touch (highly recommended!) and don't want to buy a new amp, you might consider purchasing a small switcher box where you could connect at least two devices in to it with the switcher just one out to your amp. You'd have to switch inputs each time you wanted to use a different device, but it'll be cheaper than buying a new amp. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wireless) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wireless) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.2 r31646 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.1 r9218. Duet: FW 66. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85114 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Server running?
Fried;605626 Wrote: Hi, the Squeezebox Duet receiver had a nice LED to show if the squeezebox server is running or not. Is there a similar plugin for the touch that allows to see if the server is running? The receiver status light technically doesn't show you whether or not the server software is actually running, but shows whether or not you're connected to it. Seems like splitting hairs, but there could be more than one reason (besides the server s/w not running) as to why that light might be blue. The best way to know if your server software is actually running is to go to the machine that's running the server software and check the status there. Unless you're running the Touch's internal server with your HD connected directly to your Touch, this would be the same with the Touch. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wireless) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wireless) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.2 r31646 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.1 r9218. Duet: FW 66. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85110 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] soundcheck's Touch Toolbox 2.0
bluegaspode;604519 Wrote: But to not be the lonely critic here: Anyone who is not able to put his volume to 100% (maybe just 99% without knowing) will of course get improvements. Not only does his audio get a tiny bit louder (which will always sound better as we all know) but as said the raw material won't be changed. Your latest mod guarantees to have a volume value of 100% - anytime and failsafe (which is a good thing). I think if you'd advertised it just as that I guess I wouldn't be reacting as I'm doing now. I know nothing from the technical side of these things. What I think I know is that souncheck is what we call a tinkerer. I admire and encourage that. Tinkerers usually have more misses than hits and the fact that soundcheck does not seem to be doing this for any personal financial gain would imply that he's sort of working for both his own enjoyment and that of the general community---again, I find this admirable. He's put in a a lot of time on this stuff. So, let's please not come down on him too hard when he misses (constructive criticism on a case-by-case basis---or mod-by-mod basis,as it were---is certainly appropriate) and let's keep an open mind so that when/if he hits, we don't automatically lump everything he tries in with the misses. On this one, it appears that to my lay eyes/ears bluegaspode has made a good point (though, under the circumstances, I think calling it a scam was a bit harsh). When soundcheck starts trying to sell his mods to us for $5,000, that's when we ought to get extremely suspicious. Until we are given to believe otherwise, we ought to be encouraging his creativity and, when appropriate, courteously pointing out any flaws in his mods and/or approach. If he hasn't already, he may well discover something(s) that will benefit us all. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wireless) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wireless) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.2 r31646 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.1 r9218. Duet: FW 66. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 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] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available
scooot;602025 Wrote: hi soundcheck, after applying your mods succesfully it got me thinking that you must have done extensive messing with the touch.is it at possible in any shape or form that you can tell the touch not to look for updates.thank.kind regards scott In Squeezebox Server... SettingsAdvancedDropdown MenuSoftware Updates SelectDon't check for software updates. -- rgro Rick System information Main: PS Audio Quintet Touch (wireless) CA DacMagic Marantz PM8003 VA Mozart Grands REL Acoustics R305. Home Theatre: SBR (Wireless) Pioneer VSX 919 Energy Take 5 Classic 5.1. SBS 7.5.2 r31646 running on a Vortexbox Appliance, V 1.7. Touch w/Hardware V.5. Touch: FW 7.5.1 r9218. Duet: FW 66. rgro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84061 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
