Tom186;609114 Wrote:
Thanks ray ... I do not think the DAC is doing anything at this stage. I
tried to feed the DAC with 24/88.2 and 24/96 via optical cable, sent
from my MacBook Pro, and it just will not take it.
So this is something that Squeezebox does. My optimistic guess is that
Has anyone tried hooking up successfully to Nuforce uDAC. I tried but
unable to get it work/
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Phil,
thanks very much for putting some thought to my problem.
1) is not the case, I only have one SBT in my system, and the server
does only show this one device as recognized
2) have not fiddled, at least not knowingly. Is there any way and other
program on my machine might have interfered
Cut-Throat;609192 Wrote:
Can you tell me why turning the screen off enhances the audio? Just
trying to understand the SBT a little more.
Can I ask you some questions?
Can I ask you why do you need to know why?
If nobody tells you why, would you try by yourself?
And finally: Can you tell my
praganj;609170 Wrote:
If you apply the screen mode, you can control Touch from your
notebook, ipad, iphone or android phone/pad. It is not necessray to buy
another Touch :)
of course one can (and I do all the above), but if the OP (or his wife)
likes to see the touch (and the screen info)
The Touch's built-in server doesn't support most (any?) SBS plugins.
Doesn't one of the plugins have to be installed for scrobbling? I am
not sure, but I thought the app only gets you last.fm playback, not
scrobbling.
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No need to be crude, even if you do insert little **
Some people say turning off the screen makes no difference to the
audio.
Some people say that turning off the screen (and turning off a lot of
other things on the Touch, like wifi, multiple outputs, onboard
decoding, etc) lightens the
Me too have the same dilemma - SB Touch or extra cash on Fit-PC2 (or
similar) with USB-SPDIF converter (M2TECH Hiface) and external DAC
(Beresford Caiman)?
Anybody compared these two setups? How much difference would you
expect? I already own the DAC and the Hiface device, but the player is
an
mhaas;609319 Wrote:
Me too have the same dilemma - SB Touch or extra cash on Fit-PC2 (or
similar) with USB-SPDIF converter (M2TECH Hiface) and external DAC
(Beresford Caiman)?
Anybody compared these two setups? How much difference would you
expect? I already own the DAC and the Hiface
garym;609335 Wrote:
the fitpc2i would make a nice SERVER for running SbS. But if you're
looking for a PLAYER, I recommend the TOUCH DAC (or not) amp/preamp
vs fitcp2i S/PDIF (or USB) DAC preamp/amp
Thanks garym,
Is your recommendation based on costs?
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mhaas;609340 Wrote:
Thanks garym,
Is your recommendation based on costs?
No, with cost no object, and even if I still wanted to use a DAC, I'd
prefer the TOUCH as a player/transport over any PC serving a DAC (even
fitpc2i). I have 3 Touch players which I quite like and my main system
is using
aubuti;609317 Wrote:
No need to be crude, even if you do insert little **
Some people say turning off the screen makes no difference to the
audio.
Some people say that turning off the screen (and turning off a lot of
other things on the Touch, like wifi, multiple outputs, onboard
rgro;609356 Wrote:
This is somewhat contrary to whatever occurred before (per my original
post) where the SQ differences were, on the order of things, fairly
striking. BUT...as I pointed out, we did a bunch of stuff mostly in
one fell swoop. Along with the other stuff, when we did all
aubuti;609317 Wrote:
No need to be crude, even if you do insert little **
Some people say turning off the screen makes no difference to the
audio.
Some people say that turning off the screen (and turning off a lot of
other things on the Touch, like wifi, multiple outputs, onboard
JohnSwenson;609148 Wrote:
Make sure the card number is correct. Do
aplay -l (thats dash el)
find the card number for your USB DAC.
If that doesn't work try changing the sample size back to 24. One of 24
or 32 should work.
If none of that works post the results from aplay -l, it
I see on http://update.slimdevices.com/update/firmware/7.5.4/ that a new
build r9302 of the Touch's firmware was out today! Let's hope it does
correct the bug introduced in r9283 in the USB disk scanning and that
we'll have our covers back...
And no I won't be the one testing it, as I'm fed up
steve781;608846 Wrote:
Also, if I use squeezebox.com I don't see the station art on the radio,
it displays an antenna instead.
I have tried using the Touch to access internet radio stations directly
through mysqueezebox.com and through TinySbS. The station art displays
on both if there is
aubuti;609317 Wrote:
No need to be crude, even if you do insert little **
Some people say turning off the screen makes no difference to the
audio.
Some people say that turning off the screen (and turning off a lot of
other things on the Touch, like wifi, multiple outputs, onboard
Stephen;609397 Wrote:
I have been let down by plenty of can't-miss tweaks that I approach that
whole arena very skeptically.
As you should my friend. As you should. ;-)
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But I still might *well, not the screen one.
I think wifi interfered with my amp (intermittent crackle out of
speakers), so I moved the Touch as far away from it as I could (from a
foot to about 6). If that's a tweak, then that's one I endorse. I still
thought the noise floor was higher in my
Tom186;609302 Wrote:
Phil,
thanks very much for putting some thought to my problem.
1) is not the case, I only have one SBT in my system, and the server
does only show this one device as recognized
2) have not fiddled, at least not knowingly. Is there any way and other
program on my
JohnSwenson;609113 Wrote:
The DAC is just auto-sensing? Most will let you manually switch between
inputs.
John S.
Actually, and pardon a silly question why would you want to switch of
the digital outputs anyway?. Is this really related to DACs sensing if
a signal is there? Otherwise I
Hello I have the following problem with my squeezebox touch:
From time to time, it stops to play the current track and directly jump
to the next one.
My configuration is the following:
Music stores inside the SD card.
Music encoded in Apple lossless format.
Firmware up to date.
Samba server
rpieket;609017 Wrote:
Thanks Mnyb and amcluesent. I will keep my current setup as it is,
then.
Hey Logitech. How about letting the Touch mount network drives? It's
getting more common by the day.
-Ron.
The main performance bottleneck would be collecting and storing the
meta
As always, it depends.
The material that you are listening to. Radio Paradise offers an
excellent AAC+ 64k and even 24k stream. As compressed as it is you
hardly will hear a difference with your ordinairy FM station. Both
streams will run fine on your link. Unless of course you start
downloading
The audiolab uses 24 bit async interface as does the Streamer II, so it
should use exactly the same setup.
The next step is to look at the /proc/asound area. Look in the card1
dir and poke around for a file of the form stream0, it may be under
another dir. This file will give the details of the
wyvern;609287 Wrote:
Has anyone tried hooking up successfully to Nuforce uDAC. I tried but
unable to get it work.
The Nuforce uDAC uses a 16 bit USB receiver, you will either have to
use the plug interface (see the first post in the thread) or set
samplebits to 16. I have no idea what is
rpieket;609017 Wrote:
Hey Logitech. How about letting the Touch mount network drives? It's
getting more common by the day.
They are letting the Touch mount network drives. It's just that you
have to work at it a bit (see the NFS thread that amcluesent
referenced), and your performance will
I think what you have there is a Spotify problem and not a Squeezebox
problem. Have you tried accessing the track on a PC?
Some tracks aren't authorised for play in all the countries that
Spotify serves. These will still show up but cannot be played.
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Neither the Hiface nor the Musiland will work with Linux. If you are
going to use a fitpc2 I would not use anything other than linux.
I've just been playing with a HRT Music Streamer II on the Touch (an
async interface) and its still very Dependant on whats going on in the
computer.
I
JohnSwenson;609445 Wrote:
The audiolab uses 24 bit async interface as does the Streamer II, so it
should use exactly the same setup.
The next step is to look at the /proc/asound area. Look in the card1
dir and poke around for a file of the form stream0, it may be under
another dir. This
toby10;609275 Wrote:
1. How is USB formatted? If USB HDD don't rely on Touch to supply bus
power. When you plug in the USB device you do not see Starting
SqueezeBox Server?
2. Touch My Music, should offer to switch to your SBS on your
computer
3. Make sure SBS is pointed to your
I tried soundcheck's screen-off mod yesterday, and immediately noticed a
much blacker background. I would go as far as to say this mod achieved
an almost complete elimination of glare, especially when used in low
ambient light conditions.
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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I'm enjoying the remote server with Touch on the equipment rack. I used
to have a big, ugly, noisy computer on the rack but I won't go back. I
only use the SPDIF out on the Touch. I can't help to feel that the
SPDIF could be possibly improved. Are there any recommendations? I
already have a
Mnyb;608501 Wrote:
You mean that *logitech* should design an NP screen with just simple
large letters scrolling around at high contrast. probably some
sensitive soul (designer) that thinks it's ugly doing it that way ,
but it beats unreadable.
If someone really wants this and have the
miab;609564 Wrote:
I would also be open to cost no object suggestions on best SPDIF signal
feeding my dac (based on the squeezeserver ideally)
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/wireless-music-systems/devices/7934
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Also , I can't update the firmware on my SQB touch directly using the
player itself when log on to SBS.
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