erland;536769 Wrote:
After installation it's found in Settings/Screen/ScreenSavers/Custom
Clock Settings.
Thanks for your help!
That's where I can't find them. However, when I chose 'Reinstall All
Applets' they appeared.
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AudioFrog;536718 Wrote:
Ok I am frustrated. I have an SB2 and 2 days ago purchased a SB Touch
which mandates SBS 7.5. I have installed SBS 7.5, 7.5.1 + 7.6 and NONE
of them will FIX the 'Cannot open D:\Itunes' issue. I have a large
Itunes library completely made up of ALAC files and I
bump on you
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112
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Bedroom/Office: Boom
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astrospec;536867 Wrote:
I am also trying to get the years to display on the Touch...Anyone know
if this is currently possible?
Touching the title Now Playing 1 of 12 will show you the context menu
where one item is the year.
I don't think it's possible to show it directly on the standard
Vote for this 5 year old (!) enhancement request:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2140
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I also hoped that I could use my NAS as storage :(
But the other way around - the Touch acting as NAS - would be ok as wll
:)
But how does it work? How do I connect to the Touch and upload my music
files? I have dowloaded the Squeezebox server to my computer but I do
not know what to do next...
bump! am I alone in this?
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controlled by IR, SBC [and iPeng on iPhone - wifi died!!]
7.5.0 on WHS on HP MediaSmart (EX470) upgraded to 2G RAM
http://www.last.fm/user/digimich
andreasa;536891 Wrote:
I also hoped that I could use my NAS as storage :(
But the other way around - the Touch acting as NAS - would be ok as wll
:)
But how does it work? How do I connect to the Touch and upload my music
files? I have dowloaded the Squeezebox server to my computer but I
andreasa;536891 Wrote:
I also hoped that I could use my NAS as storage :(
But the other way around - the Touch acting as NAS - would be ok as wll
:)
But how does it work? How do I connect to the Touch and upload my music
files? I have dowloaded the Squeezebox server to my computer but I
Idea, is it not so that TinySC can't run plugins, normally Last.FM has a
corresponding plug in to the app on the server yes (in your case the
WHS).
But you can always install app's.
My understanding is that the Touch runned by it's own internal server
should connect to mysqueezbox.com instead,
erland;536771 Wrote:
Try re-installing again, I had some server problems a few hours ago that
might have caused the installation to fail.
Aha, thanks, now they are working. They look good!
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Mnyb;536909 Wrote:
Idea, is it not so that TinySC can't run plugins, normally Last.FM has a
corresponding plug in to the app on the server yes (in your case the
WHS).
I think both the LastFM and AudioScrobbler plugins are bundled with
TinySC. TinySC runs the bundled plugins, the limitation
Mnyb;536427 Wrote:
Do you use a router, or have done internet pass-trough via your PC ?
Well Enjoy the music now that you have it working.
Have a hardware router and Windows 2008 with the Squezebox server
running on it.
Another little I spend my sunday with, is to get the Squeezebox server
Is there sufficient stock of Touches in the UK or is the current
volcanic ash problem causing supply difficulties?
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I think the easiest way to Tune In your own URL on Touch's inbuilt
server would be to cut paste that URL into your MySB.com Favorites
From Touch (using inbuilt server) go to Favorites on MySB.com
Continue to keep it there (Touch does not switch to MySB, just uses
it's URL's) or possibly use
Mnyb;536904 Wrote:
Touch works with samba like any NAS so if you activate it's sharing you
can find it via the explorer like any other network share.
Thanks, Mnyb. But what is samba? Sorry, but I am pretty new to this...
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Hello all.
I'm considering purchasing a Touch as it looks like a very cool unit,
but i have some concerns about it abilities to work in my setup.
1. Networking: i have a gigabit ethernetwork setup with several
computers and a single NAS for alle my storage needs(a synology
DS209+II RAID2 with
Covenant;536958 Wrote:
Is there sufficient stock of Touches in the UK or is the current
volcanic ash problem causing supply difficulties?
Welcome to the forum !
Stock has been in wharehouses for months due to delayed software
releases.
So id you get one now, you can be sure of having one
Mnyb;536975 Wrote:
Welcome to the forum !
Thanks-I've had a SB3 for a couple of years and loved it to bits.
google it's everywhere, whats the problem just get one :)
Its a long story but my Touch is ordered through Logitech. A friend
ordered three and only one has been delivered. On
1.
sbs Squeezeboxserver must run on something/somewhere on the network.
If you all wired that's not really a problem, install the software on a
suitable machine.
Some NAS boxes can run sbs, check in the 3'rd party hardware forum
about the DS209, I think some people do run squeezeboxserver on
andreasa;536967 Wrote:
Thanks, Mnyb. But what is samba? Sorry, but I am pretty new to this...
Don really know :) SMB = samba =cifs is a network protocol for sharing
disks over networks, it not important windows knows what it is and the
Touch do too.
Samba translates between different OS's so
So, is it safe to say the Touch is a nice improvement over the Duet,
using the DIGITAL output (connected to an external DAC)?
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andreasa;536891 Wrote:
I have dowloaded the Squeezebox server to my computer but I do not know
what to do next...
Just to clarify, you don't need Squeezebox Server on your computer if
you have a drive directly connected to the Touch. It's an alterative,
not a precondition.
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I didn't buy the Touch for these kind of files in the first place, but I
wanted to try it out. I have a 350mb track (FLAC)of metallica in
24bits/96hz and the Touch can't handle it. It plays the track, but it
stutters like crazy. The touch is overwhelmed with data what results in
stuttering. How
Try this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77080
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Try this thread
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Yep.
Now it works what a difference, I could not imagine, it just works
skip is lightning fast and files cue up nicely.
My wifi network is good, but wifi is apparently not a real network.
The whole UI experience is also faster.
As I have my own server, Touch don't need to do that Visualizers
Yep.
Now it works what a difference, I could not imagine, it just works
skip is lightning fast and files cue up nicely.
My wifi network is good, but wifi is apparently not a real network.
The whole UI experience is also faster.
As I have my own server, Touch don't need to do that Visualizers
aubuti;536848 Wrote:
What format is the drive? The Touch supports several (FAT32, NTFS, ext2,
ext3). Or do you mean it's an ethernet interface and not USB?
It's Journaled for a Mac. I was under the impression that it could be
connected to my router via USB as a network drive and be able to
Try wired connection, nigth and day difference.
Or reflac to -0 and turn of VU meters or Eq visualizer
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Mnyb;536982 Wrote:
Don really know :) SMB = samba =cifs is a network protocol for sharing
disks over networks, it not important windows knows what it is and the
Touch do too.
Samba translates between different OS's so you can use the NAS as any
other drive.
In the network menu, there
metalbob;537001 Wrote:
In the network menu, there is a setting where I can enter an IP address.
Is this what you are referring to? I tried to enter my router's IP
address and nothing happened.
No I have not tried.
But settings advanced USB SD Storage Sharing
would be a good place to
Covenant;536979 Wrote:
Mnyb;536975 Wrote:
Welcome to the forum !
Thanks-I've had a SB3 for a couple of years and loved it to bits.
google it's everywhere, whats the problem just get one :)
Its a long story but my Touch is ordered through Logitech. A friend
ordered three and
metalbob;537009 Wrote:
I have turned on Sharing and tried to turn on SBS on the Touch. Still
not getting anything. It only prompts me for a attached USB drive or
SD card and won't do anything at that point because there is nothing
attached.
No sharing wont work until you have an USB drive
I've had the same problem with my Samsung Story Station 1.5TB and got
very frustrated.
I did:
- a quick format of the Samsung in standard size.
- put some music on it.
- Nothing happened.
Then a full restart:
- removed Squeezebox center
- reset the Squeezebox itself (push button at back for
Mnyb;536994 Wrote:
Touch is the best release so far not too many bugs, It's in very good
shape compared to the duet release well done.
Not too many bugs? This sounds like quite a hefty bug to me. Those
buying a Touch and expecting to be able to use WIFI with their 24/96
files will not be
Mnyb;537010 Wrote:
No sharing wont work until you have an USB drive SD card, that's the
whole piont ?
There's no Hard drive on-board the Touch it has no internal space for
music, that's what the USB drive is for.
I understand that. But I was lead to believe (or I misunderstood) a
few
metalbob;537035 Wrote:
I understand that. But I was lead to believe (or I misunderstood) a few
months ago that the Touch would be able to use a Network-attached HD in
lieu of using a computer. I am now moving some files around so I can
reformat this HD and get it set up that way.
Ok, but
peterw;536373 Wrote:
The codes are in the Slim_Devices_Remote.ir file on your SBS server,
e.g. discrete power on is
Code:
power_on= 76898f70
I don't know how exactly you'd translate those for Pronto, but if
pfarrell;536723 Wrote:
xon wrote:
Just heard that the mount is not going to be produced because of the
high costs!
Not a big surprise, the projected price of $100 caused a lot of
complaints
I received the pdf drawings with the suggestion that I can make one
myself. If I have a go
Hi, Toby. The Favorites menu on my Touch server doesn't have an option
for MySqueezebox.com. I tried adding a radio station URL to the
Favorites list on the MySqueezebox web page, but it doesn't show up on
the Touch server or the server on my Mac.
The Touch Now Playing screen has an option to
RadioClash;537031 Wrote:
Not too many bugs? This sounds like quite a hefty bug to me. Those
buying a Touch and expecting to be able to use WIFI with their 24/96
files will not be happy.
Well all 0.5% of the potential buyers then ;)
I thinks it's amazing that logitech does soundquality at
Mnyb;536994 Wrote:
Yep.
Now it works what a difference, I could not imagine, it just works
I think we need to be specific about the various different
configurations that are possible and perhaps focus on the ones that are
common.
The performance is not consistent.
Well, its on a usbstation attached directly to the Touch. This is
information about the file.
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size: 349 MiB
Duration : 6mn 28s
Overall bit
Ah - is this FLAC file compressed at -8 ?
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF
Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x
Mnyb;537049 Wrote:
Well all 0.5% of the potential buyers then ;)
What do you mean by this statement? Do you mean that you think only .5%
of users are using Wireless or .5% of users have 24/96 FLAC files that
they want to play?
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pounce;537055 Wrote:
What do you mean by this statement? Do you mean that you think only .5%
of users are using Wireless or .5% of users have 24/96 FLAC files that
they want to play?
I mean 24/96
Most of my friends don't know what it is until i do a little show and
tell, when they are
I'm with metalbob. I'd like to see this option even if people think the
performance would be bad.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76997
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On topic more experiments.
I've found a connection between the way you control Touch and the
stutter.
Try this start a 24/96 album with the controller, then I get a drop out
in the first song, but skipping inside that album works ok.
Controlling via Touch itself or web-UI works flawless if
pounce;537051 Wrote:
When you state this you should also state your specific configuration. I
don't think you are using the internal SBS on the Touch from attached
storage.
You are also not stating your FLAC compression level.
Without being specific stating it Handles it just fine is
Mnyb;537062 Wrote:
Try this start a 24/96 album with the controller
Controller?
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I reencoded the file to 0 and it plays fine now. What level is the best
quality btw?
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pounce;537060 Wrote:
I'm with metalbob. I'd like to see this option even if people think the
performance would be bad.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76997
I am using ALAC, so based on the technical explanation above, it
*could* be slow. But I am hardwiring everything as
Valconi;537085 Wrote:
And what about the program used for this?
? - FLAC is encoded using THE flac encoder library - they are ALL the
same...
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X
And what about the program used for this?
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Covenant;536958 Wrote:
Is there sufficient stock of Touches in the UK or is the current
volcanic ash problem causing supply difficulties?
Logitech ship from Holland by UPS so probably affected, go for
Ripcaster/Superfi if you're in a hurry
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Boom - Controller - Touch - SBS 7.5 on
Drywall is really uncommon in Europe (or at least where I live) except
for office buildings. Most of our walls are solid brick walls.
The problem is, this is how a Touch looks with a wall mount:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8053stc=1d=1251998911
I was hoping that
Yes, already looking into it along with iSCSI support. Would prefer that
someone else did the heavy lifting though :)
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There seems to be something amiss with the Touch Now Playing screen.
I'm playing music using the Custom Browse plugin. If I change to a
different album, the Now Playing screen and playlist don't seem to
update to the new album.
Secondly, and this might be partly a DAC problem, on albums where
I thought as much, but didn't want to assume. Not everyone has every
single product ;)
I don't have one of these. Does the controller use the API then?
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If you are on windows you can use flac front end to have a interface.
dBpoweramp music converter, thats a good program.
And foobar2000 I supose.
and many others
For reconverting flacs and wavs i already have i use terminal yes a
command prompt or soundconverter (I'm on Ubuntu ) .
Ripping is
pounce;537095 Wrote:
I thought as much, but didn't want to assume. Not everyone has every
single product ;)
I don't have one of these. Does the controller use the API then?
..yet, just wait, they reproduce via some strange interaction with your
visa card and UPS is showing up with boxes at
Valconi;537074 Wrote:
I reencoded the file to 0 and it plays fine now. What level is the best
quality btw? And with what program can I reencode best? I did it with
FLAC Frontend now.
Compress at -5. The audio is the same no matter what level is used.
File size and CPU usage are the major
Touch Settings Home Menu Switch to MySB
Any items in this menu can be brought forward to the Home Menu.
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Ok, I think I understand. Looks like the Controller runs SqueezeOS also
so it must be using native calls to control the Touch in a way that
might be different than using an IR remote and obviously Touching the
Touch n such :)
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Phil Leigh;534159 Wrote:
Seems like you have 2 choices:
1) reflac everything to -5 (can be done with a script)
2) stream FLAC as WAV to remove the FLAC decoding burden from the
Touch back onto the Server.
For option #2 is it just a matter of Server Settings Advanced File
Types and change
pounce;537117 Wrote:
Ok, I think I understand. Looks like the Controller runs SqueezeOS also
so it must be using native calls to control the Touch in a way that
might be different than using an IR remote and obviously Touching the
Touch n such :)
Yes exactly SqueezePlay and SqueezeOS via
Plenty of drywall's here in Sweden :-)
Or solid reinforced concrete :-(
Or bricks :-(
Or Wood :-/
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Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J and assorted amps SiriuS,
Classe'Primare and Dynadio speakers (including a
usch;537087 Wrote:
Drywall is really uncommon in Europe (or at least where I live) except
for office buildings. Most of our walls are solid brick walls.
That's why I didn't use it in the end.
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see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com
The reason i did not use the wall mount i was given on the beta test was
because the hole needs to be very deep, even with the Touch protruding
quite far from the wall already, absolutely no chance with brick walls.
I guess i will hang on to it as a collectors item!
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Cheers, auto.
autopilot;537160 Wrote:
The reason i did not use the wall mount i was given on the beta test was
because the hole needs to be very deep, even with the Touch protruding
quite far from the wall already, absolutely no chance with brick walls.
I guess i will hang on to it as a collectors item!
autopilot;537160 Wrote:
The reason i did not use the wall mount i was given on the beta test was
because the hole needs to be very deep, even with the Touch protruding
quite far from the wall already, absolutely no chance with brick walls.
I guess i will hang on to it as a collectors item!
I was able to borrow a neighbor's wireless internet connection.
Initially the connection was quite weak - 5 to 8 percent according to
the Touch. No luck with the clock. Later on, the signal strength had
improved to 15 percent, and the clock screen-savers were again
functional.
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pfarrell;537119 Wrote:
That must make running Cat5/6 a lot of fun.
That's why we normally use cable duct baseboards or WiFi. :)
pfarrell;537119 Wrote:
I was hoping that it would be flush with the wall, but it isn't, it
still protrudes significantly.
It has to, or you could not get to
In order to stream 24/96 FLAC's as PCM (to reduce CPU load on the Touch)
is it simply a matter of navigating within the web interface to :
Server Settings Advanced File Types and change FLAC/FLAC to
Disabled FLAC/PCM to FLAC?
When I do this is appears to down convert the 24/96 file bitrate?
I just tried NFS mounts on the Touch. No joy. Input/Output error.I don't
think I have enough understanding of what's implemented with this OS to
determine the problem.
Anyone with more experience able to add an NFS mount?
btw: My NAS is running NSFv3.
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I have lots of flac ripped using EAC and Flacfrontend. How do you chech
the encoding level?
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nicoleif;537188 Wrote:
I have lots of flac ripped using EAC and Flacfrontend. How do you chech
the encoding level?
I assume you mean compression level? Unless this is included in the
tags I do not believe that there is a way to determine the compression
setting used in the initial encoding.
Valconi;537050 Wrote:
...
Channel(s) : 6 channels
...
Might this contribute to the problem..?
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AnotherTribe;537189 Wrote:
Hopefully I can be proved wrong as I have numerous 24/96 FLAC's that I
did not create and would like to know the same.
Just re-encode them at the desired compression level.
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Jim
Peter314;537190 Wrote:
Might this contribute to the problem..?
Spot on, finally somebody who reads the tread good spotting :)
Touch is Stereo device try a 2ch file
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Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J and
JJZolx;537191 Wrote:
Just re-encode them at the desired compression level.
Agreed. Would be nice though to be able to view the compression ratio
setting from within the metadata.
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Mnyb;537194 Wrote:
Spot on, finally somebody who reads the tread good spotting :)
Touch is Stereo device try a 2ch file
Note he recoded to -0 and it's playing.
Valconi;537074 Wrote:
I reencoded the file to 0 and it plays fine now. What level is the best
quality btw? And with what
realmassy;536985 Wrote:
So, is it safe to say the Touch is a nice improvement over the Duet,
using the DIGITAL output (connected to an external DAC)?
I would say its a 10x improvement over the SB3! Just random, who knows
what 10x means.. hehe.
M
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AnotherTribe;537198 Wrote:
Agreed. Would be nice though to be able to view the compression ratio
setting from within the metadata.
Note to self: use the comment field for something or add an
ENCODERSETTINGS tag, according to mp3tag this tag is available as an
extended tag (Alt -T)
23000
AnotherTribe;537183 Wrote:
In order to stream 24/96 FLAC's as PCM (to reduce CPU load on the Touch)
is it simply a matter of navigating within the web interface to :
Server Settings Advanced File Types and change FLAC/FLAC to
Disabled FLAC/PCM to FLAC?
When I do this is appears to
pounce;537199 Wrote:
Note he recoded to -0 and it's playing.
Wov what is he listening to then is the Touch discarding the other 4ch
or did he striped them of or remixed somehow ?
I think some tools does that wheter you know or not.
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JJZolx;537191 Wrote:
Just re-encode them at the desired compression level.
What program do you use for re-encoding? Can Flacfrontend be used?
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I solved the problem by loading factory defaults and entering 'North
America' as region during initial setup.
Don't care about any bad influences of Germany being in North America
yet as long as I can access my podcast player...
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nicoleif;537210 Wrote:
What program do you use for re-encoding? Can Flacfrontend be used?
yes
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mcullinan;537207 Wrote:
I was told that the Converted area is inaccurate.
Mnyb;537213 Wrote:
Most of the transcoding info seems to be bogus
Thanks for the replies, I was just starting to doubt my understanding
of the process. My DAC does not show the sample rate input so thanks
for the
Bah It's enough to see that SOX is not running only flac
squeezeboxserver
Code:
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEMTIME+ COMMAND
29358 squeezeb 18 0 7052 864 608 R 8.0 0.1 0:06.14 flac
Mnyb;537221 Wrote:
yes
Do you have to go from flac to wav and back to flac or how do you
re-encode?
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nicoleif;537230 Wrote:
Do you have to go from flac to wav and back to flac or how do you
re-encode?
Dang if I remebered I'm not on windows anymore ?
But going over wav is bad then you tags is gone (you don't want to
retag your files)
But command line flac is not that hard to do, and it's
I just a quick, as in not a DBT, test of the Touch's digital versus
analog outputs using my Headroom Desktop Amp (which has a built in DAC
for digital inputs AND RCA analog inputs for analog sources) and I must
say that there is very little, if any, difference between the sound of
the two inputs.
Well... I guess I solved my own problem. I reset to the factory settings
and the option for mysqueezebox.com appeared under Favorites.
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ralphpnj;537251 Wrote:
IWhat are the impressions of other Touch owners who have taken the time
to make a similar comparison?
I am scared to. What if it turns out I don't need a DAC anymore? What
will I do with all the space in my rack if I only need an integrated
amp Touch? What about that
Peter314;537257 Wrote:
My impression is that the digital out is very good indeed. I used to run
an SB+ with a Bel Canto Dac3 but have replaced the SB+ with a Touch
because it sounded the same to me though the DAC (which a SB Classic
did not).
I thought the analogue outputs of the Touch
AnotherTribe;537254 Wrote:
I am scared to. What if it turns out I don't need a DAC anymore? What
will I do with all the space in my rack if I only need an integrated
amp Touch? What about that digital cable?
LOL!
Two choices:
1) Replace one's Squeezebox Receiver/Classic with a
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