Re: [slim] What the amazon plug-in should really do

2008-12-23 Thread Themis
It works as I would expect it to work for me. I never buy mp3s : most of the time they are more expensive than CDs. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Pr

Re: [slim] Future of SB3 ?

2008-11-16 Thread Themis
ww.logitech.com/index.cfm/remotes/universal_remotes/devices/373&cl=us,en > To me, that offers the ideal interface: larger screen, touch > sensitive... I can scroll or use a letter to get to an album... That would be nice if we could have a full interface through a Harmony-1000 :) Please some

Re: [slim] What REALLY happens end-to-end with Apple Lossless files?

2008-11-16 Thread Themis
AC/WAV, sending through the network, receiving from the network, reconstructing the FLAC/WAV stream) are background processes, immune to clock. So, theoritically, there can be only be software errors, no jitter or other digital sound ar

Re: [slim] EAC + library wifi = DOA

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
Sorry, I can't help you more, I'm afraid. I master networks, but I'm not an EAC specialist. :( -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis&

Re: [slim] EAC + library wifi = DOA

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
MrSinatra;359020 Wrote: > nor know how to tell EAC to use it if i did. i'm not even sure its > possible.Go to "EAC" menu, then "freedb/Database options" option. There, you > can check the firewall proxy and put its address and port. -- Themis SB3 - North

Re: [slim] EAC + library wifi = DOA

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
he firewall's address/port. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http:/

Re: [slim] EAC + library wifi = DOA

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
It's due to the firewall settings. I don't know whether you can configure EAC to use your browser's settings instead. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis&

Re: [slim] Vote! Pull the political threads or leave em.

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
greek (who is bored) says : "how about a political discussion ?" "I don't know"; Howard responds. "Let's vote for it !" And the blonde screams : "Delete me !" -- Themis SB3 - North Star da

Re: [slim] Vote! Pull the political threads or leave em.

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
: Leave the Political threads or leave them - Leave the flames burn (leave the threads) - Put the fire out (delete them) lol Howard. Pretty funny. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
A tempest in a bowl, really. I totally agree with Mike on this. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700

Re: [slim] New forums...

2008-11-11 Thread Themis
I agree. Too many subforums tend to disperse information. When I think of it, most of the posts concern Squeeze Center, not the hardware. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
peter;358511 Wrote: > I've seen enough forums and usenet groups die because nobody cared about > staying on topic.Oh, -that- was the real reason, hein ? Nice to see I'm not > the only one who cares about these forums. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808

Re: [slim] enough "election" off topic discussions

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
Does an "off-topic" thread against another "off-topic" thread makes the former "in topic" ? I don't think so. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus

Re: [slim] Application Error within WHS

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
Nice. It interests me too. ;) (not that I have any probems with WHS, but you never know) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Political BS

2008-11-10 Thread Themis
peter;358413 Wrote: > > You figure I should post 128 posts as well? I bet you wouldn't dare to. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis'

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-09 Thread Themis
egd;358370 Wrote: > Perhaps it's time for everyone to give their Woodstock a listen :) It reminds me that I have still to get the CD version... "Before the Flood", as well. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-09 Thread Themis
But I suppose you know all that. And if you don't, well, then, nevermind. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.sli

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-09 Thread Themis
MrSinatra;358267 Wrote: > > give me an example of a "Democratic" gov't we opposed simply b/c it > leaned left? Chile, is one of the many answers. Oh, but perhaps "Democratic" is a synonym for "approved by the Department of State" to you ? -- T

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-09 Thread Themis
what is bad for them. That's why everybody detests it. ;) We have our own choices and decisions, we don't need your intervention on it. And no other country does. You must understand this. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Son

Re: [slim] Great Product

2008-11-09 Thread Themis
y. My family's reaction was exactly the same !! And a year later they still love it. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] What an election.

2008-11-09 Thread Themis
more they proved to be awesome ! Americans really deserve a great applause for their mutual solidarity : a great nation, indeed. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis'

Re: [slim] Why do I need the SqueezeCenter server to play my MP3 files?

2008-11-01 Thread Themis
eased a Home Server software lately (WHS) ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View th

Re: [slim] Multiple External Drives - Multiple Formats - What's the best way to deal with this?

2008-10-21 Thread Themis
funkstar;351730 Wrote: > But the forum is hosted in the US by a US division of a European > company. So where does that leave us?It leaves us alone, armed solely with > our common sense. :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Pi

Re: [slim] Don't scan a folder

2008-10-20 Thread Themis
iles converted from FLAC in /Lossy/MP3fromFLAC >all MP3 originals (not from flacs) in /Lossy/MP3 For your iPod: you'll have to import /Lossy directory For your Squeeze Center: you create two shorcuts in "/SC/main" directory: one to "/Lossless/FLAC" one to "/Lo

Re: [slim] Don't scan a folder

2008-10-20 Thread Themis
Setting > Advanced > File Types > Disabled Audio File Extensions (if you want to keep everything under the same folder) You can also, point Squeeze Center directly to your Music/Lossless subdirectory (if your flac are in a separate directory) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - D

Re: [slim] Multiple External Drives - Multiple Formats - What's the best way to deal with this?

2008-10-20 Thread Themis
rooms to listen because "broadcasting is prohibited" ? C'mon, some common sense is necessary. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forum

Re: [slim] Multiple External Drives - Multiple Formats - What's the best way to deal with this?

2008-10-20 Thread Themis
an (it's automatic I think) - You're ready You're welcome. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member

Re: [slim] IPv6 Support

2008-10-15 Thread Themis
, IPV4 compatibility will become marginal (as soon as ISPs will decide to go IPV6, like their backbones did already) ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Th

Re: [slim] Are the Forums very slow today ?

2008-10-13 Thread Themis
Yep, impossible to reach slimdevices site & forum from Europe some hours ago. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

Re: [slim] Now do the same with the Transporter!

2008-10-13 Thread Themis
better clock or quieter parts or whatever, rather than to a dac that I won't use. I see the use of upgrading regularly my dac, it is a component that evolves quickly, contrarily to the transport that stays relatively stable over several (10-15) years. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - De

Re: [slim] New SB Classic owner! Lots of questions!

2008-10-11 Thread Themis
here are plenty of advanced configuration details, and some people might get overwhelmed when trying to customize. You should know that whatever difficulties you may have in configuring and/or using your SB, there will always be some people here to help you. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 380

Re: [slim] Problem with external Dac and SB outputs always on - please help!

2008-10-10 Thread Themis
Perhaps "Audio startup time" should be set to zero ? -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [slim] Receiver Amplifier Power Control

2008-10-10 Thread Themis
I simply use a Harmony remote, to power up various things according to what I want to do. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Gapless playback

2008-10-09 Thread Themis
e: > Really? Does SqueezeBox support gapless playback?Of course. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/

Re: [slim] Noobie digital cable question?

2008-10-09 Thread Themis
. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-07 Thread Themis
are, perhaps they should try and change their business model. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Apple's "FairPlay" DRM - Songbird can play it. Why not SqueezeCenter?

2008-10-07 Thread Themis
did for HD video (and as Sony tried with SACD). Unfortunately you can't expect low-quality gear (as the one needed for MP3/AAC) to have such (expensive) hardware modifications. That's a dead-end, at the moment. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Fab

Re: [slim] Duet with built-in Amp

2008-10-07 Thread Themis
portable devices and speakers. If quality is not a concern, then amplified speakers (even cheap, the PC ones) offer still better money/quality ratio. Logitech ones, for instance. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Pi

Re: [slim] Will hard flooring ruin the sound?

2008-10-05 Thread Themis
keep (and show) your brand new floor without ruining your pleasure. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [slim] How Does SqueezeBox Know Where I Am?

2008-09-30 Thread Themis
mvalera;345652 Wrote: > There's a camera behind the faceplate smile and say cheese! :):D (still holding belly thinking of the guy behind the camera...) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Pia

Re: [slim] Flac On Ipod in Cars

2008-09-29 Thread Themis
support and it was night day different than > regular CDs.That's still something else : when a car can have a DVD-A dac, > then, there's probably a difference with the CD playback, no doubt ! :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - S

Re: [slim] Flac On Ipod in Cars

2008-09-28 Thread Themis
Nonreality;345012 Wrote: > Wow Themis, great minds think alike. :) I responded to this before I > got to your post.Two different speeds, same destination. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano

Re: [slim] Flac On Ipod in Cars

2008-09-28 Thread Themis
onnector-3-5mm/dp/B000J022G6/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1222632316&sr=8-3 -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Flac On Ipod in Cars

2008-09-28 Thread Themis
ertain (important) albums in apple > lossless and keep the rest in 320 CBR. I ended up deciding -as others already stated in this thread- that usual 16-20kHz frequencies which are mainly cut from 320 CBR are not audible in a car environment. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808

Re: [slim] Got all my songs, just no artists

2008-09-28 Thread Themis
Look at the "Music Library" panel settings. "List albums by band" should be checked. If not, then check it, then rescan library. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus -

Re: [slim] Got all my songs, just no artists

2008-09-28 Thread Themis
Can you be a bit more precise please ? You've got no artists in iTunes or in SqueezeCenter ? -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [slim] Replacing duet with classic - am I crazy?

2008-09-27 Thread Themis
Thanks a lot for the info, both of you ! :) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Replacing duet with classic - am I crazy?

2008-09-27 Thread Themis
BTW, does anyone know whether the response time of the Duet Remote depends on the SqueezeCenter's response time ? Or is it always slower than the classic remote ? -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano

Re: [slim] Disgusted with 7.2

2008-09-27 Thread Themis
cise about the problems you encounter. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://for

Re: [slim] Now do the same with the Transporter!

2008-09-26 Thread Themis
bay. I'm sure you can't find such a dac and that no-one can. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [slim] Indexing of "...Something to Be" by Rob Thomas doesn't work!

2008-09-25 Thread Themis
Perhaps by renaming the directory ? (without renaming the album) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=

Re: [slim] Setup Questions for SB3

2008-09-25 Thread Themis
: - your router needs further configuration, or - or your router is faulty (you need to change it), or - your laptop's network card or antenna are faulty. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Gra

Re: [slim] Duet network problems

2008-09-23 Thread Themis
think that, after all this setup (SB, SqueezeCenter, Router, WHS, ripping, tagging, and numerous PC/laptops mini-setups), you REALLY deserve to lay back and enjoy the result !!! Congrats ! -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber

Re: [slim] Last.FM - How Accurate Is It For You?

2008-09-22 Thread Themis
problem, though. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

Re: [slim] Duet network problems

2008-09-22 Thread Themis
(Repeat because I edited my prevous post too late): BTW do you have a spare outlet for such adapters ? If not, then you should get a higher-speed ethernet powerline adapter : when you use them with outlet strips their speed is lower than specified. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon

Re: [slim] Duet network problems

2008-09-22 Thread Themis
eapest kind -14Mbs- should be more than enough for streaming audio to SBR). -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [slim] Duet network problems

2008-09-22 Thread Themis
this will help. BTW, ideally your WHS should be connected to your router with a Ethernet cable : this is the best way to minimize collisions and optimize wi-fi bandwidth. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-21 Thread Themis
.Suppose that the > effort needed to -correctly- place a comment (ie to place a non-generic, really helpful comment) is roughly the same as to solve the problem itself. Let alone that the bug has to be fixed anyway. What would you suggest in this case ? -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Deno

Re: [slim] Come BBQ with the Squeezebox and Pandora crew

2008-09-20 Thread Themis
bring some Cretan Raki from family stock > production... it isn't illegal. (not yet) ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] Angry about Tranporter + SqueezeCenter

2008-09-20 Thread Themis
t involved, passionate, members. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.

Re: [slim] Do not buy any Squeezebox products, my advice!

2008-09-15 Thread Themis
eave the door open to possible malfunctions. The only fuss-free products are the ones that can't evolve : when you need more functions then you buy another model. ;) Personally, I have got used to software updates and their inherent risks : Windows (with its weekly multi-updates) has ended up vacci

Re: [slim] Do not buy any Squeezebox products, my advice!

2008-09-15 Thread Themis
ven muy PS3 and my Denon 3808 have occasionnal dropouts and "certain cases" when they don't work as they should. Stating that SB has "more than one could expect" software glitches is not correct. In fact, it has much, much less than average. Simply, this kind of gear can't

Re: [slim] Do not buy any Squeezebox products, my advice!

2008-09-14 Thread Themis
Good luck with Sonos. And don't forget to go and take a look at their forums for eventual software problems before you buy a product... Pity, too late, you already bought one. :) -- Themis SB3 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano

[slim] AAC320 playback : differencies between mov123 and faad ?

2008-01-05 Thread Themis
rs who have experienced these differencies between them. :) -- Themis SB3 - Arcam AV300 - Mulidine Arpége Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this