Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Does the touch have a glass screen like an iPhone?

2009-12-19 Thread peterw
pippin;497189 Wrote: > Plastic. But firm & capacitive, not at all mushy. -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free plugins: 'AllQuiet' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AllQuiet.html) 'Auto Dim/AutoDisplay' (http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/AutoDisplay.html) 'BlankSaver' (http://www.tux.org/

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter

2009-12-19 Thread Pat Farrell
jazznsoccer wrote: > Has anyone seen the jitter specs? For a good DAC like Benchmark Dac1 > Pre, the jitter will not have to be too good as the Dac will compensate. > The power supply is not likely to have a significant impact for this > application either. The specs are reported to be good, the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch start up time?

2009-12-19 Thread sxr71
Philip Meyer;496339 Wrote: > >You shut it down by pulling the plug, its designed for that. > I'm not so sure about that. The power cable is right next to the USB > socket, which is kind of awkward at best. > > I find inserting/extracting a USB stick quite awkward (especially as I > tend to do un

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter

2009-12-19 Thread sxr71
I'd have to say to buy a transporter just for its ability to feed a DAC would be among the lower things in the totem pole to put your money towards. I would upgrade my headphones, my amp and my DAC first. -- sxr71 sxr71's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Olive 2 Player ?

2009-12-19 Thread sxr71
mdconnelly;495288 Wrote: > If you're vested in Squeezeboxen, then the HP DreamScreen (or many of > the Netbooks or an IPod for that matter) make a great alternative to the > Squeezebox Controller, but hardly a Touch replacement. That's what I would use it for, but really iPeng working with a fas

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Does the touch have a glass screen like an iPhone?

2009-12-19 Thread pippin
Plastic. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.p

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter

2009-12-19 Thread jazznsoccer
Has anyone seen the jitter specs? For a good DAC like Benchmark Dac1 Pre, the jitter will not have to be too good as the Dac will compensate. The power supply is not likely to have a significant impact for this application either. My use will be to have the Touch transfer data for the PC over th

[SlimDevices: Touch] Does the touch have a glass screen like an iPhone?

2009-12-19 Thread Plank
Does the touch have a glass screen like an iPhone or a mushy plastic screen? -- Plank Squeezebox Boom, Revo Pico WiFi Plank's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32461 View this thread: http://forums.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch start up time?

2009-12-19 Thread peterw
bpa;496702 Wrote: > I should have measured before writing that - I had assumed like boom > there was a large cap. I think there is a large capacitor in Radio to keep the clock running during power outages & wake it before the next alarm, but I think that's all the supercap provides. -- peterw

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch start up time?

2009-12-19 Thread sebp
toby10;496645 Wrote: > AMEN! We should have been building small nukes all along, like France. > What are they up to now, like 70% nuke power? They did it (and continue > to do it) right in regards to power generation. Clearly off topic, but well, we currently have 3 or 4 nuclear power plants d