Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread garym
krochat wrote: > Well that's just wacky. It was on the http://www.tidal.com/download > page. > > In the meantime, here's a link to the app I just put in my Dropbox: > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40830949/TIDAL-3.2.3.16-WW.exe > > Have fun, > Kim Thanks. I downloaded and installed the a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread krochat
garym wrote: > hmmm. Tidal PC app? I didn't realize that existed. Right now it seems > to not be available for download, but I'll try it in future tests when > available. Well that's just wacky. It was on the http://www.tidal.com/download page. In the meantime, here's a link to the app I just

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread garym
Thanks for the detailed explanation. So I need to hope that TIDAL cuts the same deals as Netflix in the future. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (a

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread pippin
garym wrote: > @pippin, Could you elaborate on this. So my Transporter has a smaller > internal buffer than my Touch or Radio. Well, it's all about that "Net Neutrality" thing everybody keeps talking about. Yes. I don't know the exact figures for the Transporter but Touch and Radio use 3MB wh

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cable burn in

2015-04-18 Thread Mnyb
What " burns in " is your mind :) Re cables as any reasonably designed cable is the same as any other , they can't per definition burn in as you can't hear them in the first place . And there is no property that change in any reasonable time span . cables are the same for decades . Maybe they b

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cable burn in

2015-04-18 Thread Mike Sargent
Anything that "burns in" or "breaks in" is also wearing out. Why would you buy a cable that's wearing out? (Basically, cable break in is a lie, just designed to get you to hold onto the new cable until you can't return it, because they sound *exactly* the same as much cheaper cables.) Mike --

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread garym
pippin wrote: > > There is one risk remaining: especially the old Squeezebox models have a > rather small internal buffer so they are a bit more sensitive against > unstable connections compared to especially the smartphone Apps (but > TIDAL's web interface for me always was even more sensitive)

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread garym
hmmm. Tidal PC app? I didn't realize that existed. Right now it seems to not be available for download, but I'll try it in future tests when available. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch >

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread garym
I don't think it is ickstream. I see the buffering on the TOUCH only as well, so not just related to my older Transporter. Also I can have hours and days of use with zero buffering. It is only sometimes. And those sometimes are typically early evening for me (I'm in Eastern United States). I get t

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-18 Thread ralphpnj
Archimago wrote: > Yes. That sounds about right. > > It'll be a bit of work though. The only way these recordings would sound > any good in digital is if we do vinyl drops at 384kHz, 32-bits floating > point using the esteemed Caliburn turntable and esoteric cartridge (at > least set us back ano

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Tidal launch review

2015-04-18 Thread pippin
Yes, please let me know. I usually also tell TIDAL then because I know they are still optimizing their network and can use the feedback. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at penguinl

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-18 Thread utgg
probedb wrote: > It isn'tand you just changed the goalposts. Let's take just one > track from my collection: > > Artist Name: 65daysofstatic > Track Title: The Distant & Mechanised Glow of Eastern European Dance > Parties > Album Title: The Destruction of Small Ideas > > ...just broke your

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-18 Thread Mnyb
JJZolx wrote: > It's pretty simple, really. There's a big difference between systems > with servers running (mostly) on general purpose computers rather than > having software running on the limited, low power hardware contained in > many devices. It's exactly the same problem that Logitech ran i

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Digital Music Systems - track limits!?

2015-04-18 Thread JJZolx
Archimago wrote: > I'm impressed again at the power and flexibility of the Squeezebox/LMS > system! It's pretty simple, really. There's a big difference between systems with servers running (mostly) on general purpose computers rather than having software running on the limited, low power hardwa