Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-30 Thread JohnSwenson
Triode wrote: > I actually think that for audiophile playback this is the way to go. We > should leave the audio engineering to an external usb based dac and keep > the streamer to a low power linux platform which runs squeezeplay (or > cut down version of it or something similar...) This with

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-30 Thread Triode
lrossouw wrote: > You can do this pretty much with any small form factor pc. You could > slap together a small silent PC with rapsberry pi with digital audio out > via USB sound for probably <$100. You could run linux and > squeezeslave/squeezeplay on it and then you have a squeezebox with all

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-30 Thread cliffpatte
becseattle wrote: > Took a quick look at the new Radio, and it looks to have only an > minijack in and no digital out. Will there really be nothing to take > the place of a SB with a digital out and optical/coax inputs? good question Squeezebox's audio out is not audiophile quality, hence prod

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-30 Thread foxesden
jean2 wrote: > Does it have the standard SB features, such as gapless, replay-gain, > sync and remote SB control ? Ideally, you would want a SqueezePlay port > for the VortexBox to make sure everything is properly supported. Bonus > points if you can use the VortexBox itself as a controller. > >

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-30 Thread lrossouw
You can do this pretty much with any small form factor pc. You could slap together a small silent PC with rapsberry pi with digital audio out via USB sound for probably <$100. You could run linux and squeezeslave/squeezeplay on it and then you have a squeezebox with all the regular offline music

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-29 Thread jean2
agillis wrote: > VortexBox also still has digital outputs and 24/192! Does it have the standard SB features, such as gapless, replay-gain, sync and remote SB control ? Ideally, you would want a SqueezePlay port for the VortexBox to make sure everything is properly supported. Bonus points if you

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-29 Thread agillis
VortexBox also still has digital outputs and 24/192! agillis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21140 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96205 _

Re: [slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-29 Thread pippin
iPhone with a dock http://penguinlovesmusic.de/2012/08/14/ipeng-goes-audiophile/ pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96205

[slim] So will there be any new products with Digital Outs.....

2012-08-29 Thread becseattle
Took a quick look at the new Radio, and it looks to have only an minijack in and no digital out. Will there really be nothing to take the place of a SB with a digital out and optical/coax inputs? becseattle's Profile: http