Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless 24/96 on Touch?

2011-03-09 Thread Mnyb
drooggie;616835 Wrote: > I tried running the ALAC file from USB drive and still doesn't work. > FLAC file is fine from USB. I guess that eliminates the NAS drive and > wireless connection. > > Just for kicks, I also tried converting FLAC>ALAC via dbPoweramp and > also FLAC>WAV>ALAC and neither

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disabling Artwork?

2011-03-09 Thread Mnyb
The now playing button on the remote toggles between aviable modes or tapping the screen does the same one mode is text only. If you fallow abutis advice and deselect the ones with image and have text as default it's even better. -- Mnyb ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] couldn't resolve ip address for mysqueezebox.com

2011-03-09 Thread aubuti
SBS doesn't resolve the address itself. It relies on your internet connection's link to a domain name service. Have you done the router reboot and/or network reboot that toby suggested? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My Album Art went poof!

2011-03-09 Thread Mucus Man
Yes, confirming that the latest update resulted in the loss of my MP3 artwork. My FLAC files' artwork was left intact. Updated to the 7.6 beta, but gave up on that as my up-till now faithful Squeezebox (attached to external USB drive) started crashing. Heading back to 7.51. -- Mucus Man

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disabling Artwork?

2011-03-09 Thread aubuti
Settings > Screen > Now Playing > Now Playing Views > then select the one(s) you want, such as Text Only -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slim

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread ralphpnj
garym;616828 Wrote: > You may have seen the shows that resulted in Allman Bros live at > fillmore (maybe doubtfulyour parents may not have allowed you to > stay out until dawn!). In fact I did see the Allman Brothers at the Fillmore East when they recorded "Live at The Fillmore". The Fillmor

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless 24/96 on Touch?

2011-03-09 Thread drooggie
I tried running the ALAC file from USB drive and still doesn't work. FLAC file is fine from USB. I guess that eliminates the NAS drive and wireless connection. Just for kicks, I also tried converting FLAC>ALAC via dbPoweramp and also FLAC>WAV>ALAC and neither of those options worked. Rayman, c

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] couldn't resolve ip address for mysqueezebox.com

2011-03-09 Thread illumilore
I checked the logs on the sbs, and it looks like it itself is having trouble resolving the address, but the site itself is completely loadable from the server. What is stopping the server from getting the ip address? [11-03-08 09:32:25.0036] Slim::Networking::SqueezeNetwork::_init_error (212) mys

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread garym
ralphpnj;616827 Wrote: > A few quick notes: > > Yep, I was fortunate to haunt to archive.org site a year or two before > the lossless downloading was stopped. > > Up until a few years ago the of the Archive.org Dead shows were > available for download (in flac or shn) as well as streaming but t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread ralphpnj
garym;616821 Wrote: > Lived in Dallas and saw about every rock show that came to town between > 69 and late 70s, just happened that the show was at SMU's McFarland > Auditorium (I saw lots of good shows at that venue over the > yearsseems like I saw Rick Wakeman perform his "Six Wife's of Hen

[SlimDevices: Touch] Disabling Artwork?

2011-03-09 Thread mraub1
I really have no need for album artwork to be displayed (when it works) and would rather have the whole screen available to display song title, artist, etc. I couldn't find an option either on the Touch or the Server to disable artwork. Can this be done? -- mraub1 --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread garym
ralphpnj;616820 Wrote: > So did you attend SMU or did you just live in Dallas in 1969? > > But more importantly: Was it a good show and was Jerry on that night? > In other words, had he drank the Kool-Aid? Had you? Lived in Dallas and saw about every rock show that came to town between 69 and l

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread ralphpnj
garym;616718 Wrote: > ...and my first ever live rock concert was the Grateful Dead, December > 26, 1969. ;-) > > edit: Not that I'm anal enough to keep track of the dates of every > concert I ever attended. But in recent history I discovered the trove > of GD material at archive.org and actual

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disabling WLAN on Touch

2011-03-09 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;616732 Wrote: > They may be undeniable to you, however... > > There is an equally plausible explanation, which also explains why not > everyone will hear any difference at all... > > Put simply, it all depends on the design of your DAC and how easily (or > not) it can recover the clo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless 24/96 on Touch?

2011-03-09 Thread garym
drooggie;616712 Wrote: > > I'm using the full version loaded on my NAS server Synology DS 207+. May not be your issue, but in the past when I used a NAS (ReadyNas Duo), there was always a click between every AAC, m4a file. Did not have the issue when using a windows or vortexbox based SbS inst

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless 24/96 on Touch?

2011-03-09 Thread rayman1701
The way I usually do it, and I know I could do it other ways but this is what works for me, is I convert the FLAC's to WAV files then use iTunes to convert to ALAC. I've had some wierd tag issues from sites that I've bought tracks from be it 96/24, 16/44.1, or MP3. Some places just do weird thin

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
adamdea;616742 Wrote: > Btw I did get your email,thanks, and did try to reply (twice). But no > message is recorded in my sent items. Is this normal? Hope you received > at least one reply. You should have copies in your sent items folder - I have your messages -- Phil Leigh You want to see

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
Phil Leigh;616680 Wrote: > You will have mail later today... Btw I did get your email,thanks, and did try to reply (twice). But no message is recorded in my sent items. Is this normal? Hope you received at least one reply. -- adamdea ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disabling WLAN on Touch

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
magiccarpetride;616726 Wrote: > ...My only explanation is that the wireless component inside the Touch > must be quite noisy, thus polluting the digital signal somehow. Because > the differences during the listening tests are undeniable. They may be undeniable to you, however... There is an equ

[SlimDevices: Touch] Disabling WLAN on Touch

2011-03-09 Thread magiccarpetride
Finally, after doing some major rearrangement in my house last night, I was able to set the ethernet connectivity into my Touch. Once I did that, I ssh-ed (is that a verb?) into the Touch and applied Soundcheck's tt --wlan command. What that command does is kill the wireless router inside the Touc

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cannot ssh into Touch

2011-03-09 Thread magiccarpetride
Phil Leigh;616624 Wrote: > ssh is turned off by default following a software update. Go into > settings - advanced on the Touch itself and re-enable "remote login" Thanks Phil. I panicked last night, and forgot that, after doing the factory reset, I need to go in and explicitly re-enable remote

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread garym
Phil Leigh;616716 Wrote: > The whole Pranksters thing was part of my wife's Art History degree... - > so I had actually encountered the book in question... ;o) ...and my first ever live rock concert was the Grateful Dead, December 26, 1969. ;-) -- garym -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
garym;616715 Wrote: > And in case there are any fans of mid-1960s youth culture, San Francisco > Bay music scene (e.g., Grateful Dead), Ken Kesey, etc. this book by Tom > Wolfe is a MUST READ. The whole Pranksters thing was part of my wife's Art History degree... - so I had actually encountered

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread garym
adamdea;616713 Wrote: > ...thanks, I am always grateful to learn something new. And in case there are any fans of mid-1960s youth culture, San Francisco Bay music scene (e.g., Grateful Dead), Ken Kesey, etc. this book by Tom Wolfe is a MUST READ. -- garym -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
aubuti;616689 Wrote: > garym has it right (both the original post and the edit). For > disambiguation, also see > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid ...thanks, I am always grateful to learn something new. -- adamdea --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless 24/96 on Touch?

2011-03-09 Thread drooggie
Thanks for confirming it should work. I'm using the full version loaded on my NAS server Synology DS 207+. The only difference between the 16/44 and 24/96 files is that the 16/44 were ripped directly from CD to iTunes whereas the 24/96 came from HDTracks as FLAC and then converted to ALAC using

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Apple Lossless 24/96 on Touch?

2011-03-09 Thread rayman1701
I have all of my lilbrary in Apple Lossless including my hi-rez 96/24 stuff and it works fine for me. I've never had any issues like you describe. Are you using the full sbs or are you using TinySC on the Touch itself? -- rayman1701

[SlimDevices: Touch] The clock disappears in standby mode.

2011-03-09 Thread Heth
Hi I use the clock function, when my squeezebox is turned off/standby, the clock is displayed on the screen. Sometimes, approximately 1-2 times during a month this function does not work, even though this function still is enabled in the setup. A restore to factory default is the way out of this

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
adamdea;616664 Wrote: > Am I right in thinking that you were going to have a go on the digital > output? Just wondering if there was any progress? not yet - maybe by the end of March -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minim

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread aubuti
garym has it right (both the original post and the edit). For disambiguation, also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 Vie

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] couldn't resolve ip address for mysqueezebox.com

2011-03-09 Thread toby10
Did you try the router reboot? Wouldn't hurt to completely reboot your entire network. Unplug router, turn off PC, unplug Touch. Now bring them back up in that same order waiting for each device to fully boot up before proceeding to the next (SBS running before plugging Touch back in). SBS uses

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread garym
adamdea;616662 Wrote: > A soft drink; but I am guessing that the comment was a reference to the > practice described in the book by Tom Woolfe > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test Excellent book, but I think the reference was to the mass suicide of Jim Jones followers i

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
cool -- adamdea adamdea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37603 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81712 ___ Touch mailing

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
adamdea;616669 Wrote: > Oooh- I've been looking at this question for ages. Could you interest > me? You will have mail later today... -- Phil Leigh 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) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
Howard Turkster;616487 Wrote: > No, I'm U.S., unfortunately. My price range would be as cheap as > possible. :) But seriously, something up to 100 USD would be ideal if > that is feasable. > > I thought you believed the stock pc of the Touch was fine and didn't > need to be changed? For digi

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
Howard Turkster;616487 Wrote: > No, I'm U.S., unfortunately. My price range would be as cheap as > possible. :) But seriously, something up to 100 USD would be ideal if > that is feasable. > > I thought you believed the stock pc of the Touch was fine and didn't > need to be changed? I think t

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the "Best of Two Worlds Solution" supply

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
Phil Leigh;616484 Wrote: > What rough price range were you thinking of? > Are you in the UK? > If so, I have something that interest you... Oooh- I've been looking at this question for ages. Could you interest me? -- adamdea

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
Phil Leigh;610266 Wrote: > FYI My tests were on the analogue outputs. Am I right in thinking that you were going to have a go on the analog outs. -- adamdea adamdea's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?use

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread adamdea
Phil Leigh;616529 Wrote: > What's Kool-Aid? A soft drink; but I am guessing that the comment was a reference to the practice described in the book by Tom Woolfe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Electric_Kool-Aid_Acid_Test -- adamdea -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread Phil Leigh
stone;616633 Wrote: > My observations: On SB Touch, using ethernet, 24bit/96kHz material is > played lossless (no conversion on server). When using WIFI, the > material is down-converted to 16bit/44kHz on the server. So, yes for > high definition flac there is a difference This is definitely not

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?

2011-03-09 Thread stone
Steve W;576914 Wrote: > My SB Touch feeds a DAC by digital coaxial and then onto my amp. I'm > keen to get the best sound quality possible. Should I expect there to > be any difference in sound quality between the wireless connection and > a physical ethernet connection? I don't really like the i