Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-17 Thread urbanshepherd
grum;481770 Wrote: > I've got a very similar setup. > > Option one, cheap and nastyfeed headphone output of TV into 2nd > input on A5's. Allows remote control of volume using TV remote. I used > to do this to get "good sound" for watching movies etc, until: > > Option two, give in and reali

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-06 Thread urbanshepherd
grum;482128 Wrote: > You are -already- on a never ending journey... :-) > > I paid NZ$700 for the AV-8, as new (ex-demo). I saw one on ebay UK go > for 236 UKPD recently. Rotel do similar things - Rotel RSP1069 for > example, although I think they generally include video processing. The > chap I

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-05 Thread grum
urbanshepherd;481896 Wrote: > > However, with option 2, I'm liking the sound of that... Obviously I > fear I'll be on a never ending journey as will then want to match my > equipment to the quality of the Cyrus, but its a good idea. Can I ask > what kind of ball park figure the AV8 went for an

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread lrossouw
Though very cool in a geeky way the wavinput into touch and straight out again to speakers that are right there is a bit of a overkill in my eyes :) -- lrossouw 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) lrossouw's Prof

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread pablolie
you can also simply use a y cable (2 female mini into a male mini rca) to feed into the A5s and such use an input by 2 separate devices. i have done that without any issues. or buy a small passive preamp (which is what i do now), i own a little Creek. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: Shuttle X27D

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread cooppw02
If the Touch could be extended in such a manner, would the audio still sync with the video on the TV? As for the OP, if he doesn't have variable audio outputs on the TV, he probably needs a preamp. I'm also dealing with a similar setup, and I've been looking high and low for a budget preamp with

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread bpa
The plugin I used already works with the same adaptor on a Ubuntu system - I reckon it will work on Touch as soon as some more TinySC issues are sorted. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread funkstar
bpa;481773 Wrote: > With the current Touch firmware - I have plugged in a cheap USB > speaker/mic adaptor and all the drivers are present. I have SSH into > Touch and tested the interface and could play audio and record input > to/from the adaptor using standard ALSA apps arecord/aplay. In that

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread bpa
With the current Touch firmware - I have plugged in a cheap USB speaker/mic adaptor and all the drivers are present. I have SSH into Touch and tested the interface and could play audio and record input to/from the adaptor using standard ALSA apps arecord/aplay. With Touch running TinySC I SSHed

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread grum
I've got a very similar setup. Option one, cheap and nastyfeed headphone output of TV into 2nd input on A5's. Allows remote control of volume using TV remote. I used to do this to get "good sound" for watching movies etc, until: Option two, give in and realise you need another piece of kit.

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread qirex
urbanshepherd;481584 Wrote: > > I can get two feeds into the A5's without problem, though I lose the > ability to remotely control volume as the SB does this. You should be able to control if the RCA outputs of the TV are fixed or variable and then you could use the TV remote to control that vo

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread urbanshepherd
funkstar;481580 Wrote: > As it stands, the only players that have an input are the Boom and > Radio, because they have their own amps and speakers, so it kind of > makes sense. > > The Touch is an interesting one though. By default it has no audio > inputs, however, using the USB port, you could

Re: [slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread funkstar
urbanshepherd;481578 Wrote: > Happy to upgrade to something like a SB Touch if this would help, though > can't find any specs on inputs. Also connecting the PS3 directly to the > audioengines leaves me without any ability to control volume. As it stands, the only players that have an input are t

[slim] SB + Audioengine + anyway to get a line in....

2009-11-04 Thread urbanshepherd
Ok, so not the best title, however I'm stuck with an issue which I'm unable to solve and wondered if anyone had any ideas. I currently run a SB3 with the Audioengine A5 active speakers which I'm very happy with. However, I now also have a PS3 which is connected to the TV, and the TV speakers, wh