Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stock Touch sound quality - Variable

2011-05-15 Thread dsdreamer
sebp;631514 Wrote: > That's your brain's burn-in, not Touch's analogue section. ;) With those unbiased electrolytic d.c. blocking caps in the L + R output signal paths, I could imagine slow changes taking place. -- dsdreamer -- "Dreamer, easy in the chair that really fits

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stock Touch sound quality - Variable

2011-05-15 Thread sebp
gilbodavid;631203 Wrote: > After 50-100 hrs of running in the analogue section from new, the sound > out of the analogue section has suddenly transformed, form rubbish to > very very good indeed. That's your brain's burn-in, not Touch's analogue section. ;) -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.

[SlimDevices: Touch] Crazy behaviour : update in loop

2011-05-15 Thread ozone_1967
I got a squeeze box touch since several months. The Squeezebox Server is installed on a Synology NAS Server. All was working perfectly. But since a week, I got a behaviour I cannot solve which makes the system unusable. The squeezebox touch displays : "an update is available". No choice to not ins

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-15 Thread JJZolx
earwaxer9;631466 Wrote: > Now that I think of it... Since Logitech bought Squeeze there really > hasnt been the rate of development and refinement that you would expect > from a company as advanced as Logitech. That's not a new observation. Actually, it didn't start when Logitech bought Squeezeb

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stock Touch sound quality - Variable

2011-05-15 Thread praganj
First you need a good linear power suplly, than carefully arranged network, well configured SBS and some software tweaks. One good DAC can bring SBT in another class. At the beginning i was using Touch with old DPA DX32 Dac, later i have built one DAC around Gigaworks DAC with Jensen Transformers

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I hate SB Touch

2011-05-15 Thread earwaxer9
Now that I think of it... Since Logitech bought Squeeze there really hasnt been the rate of development and refinement that you would expect from a company as advanced as Logitech. I'm a tech geek type of guy so I like the challenge that comes with the tremendous flexibility built into these devic

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playback Of 24bit / 88.2 Files

2011-05-15 Thread Phil Leigh
sebp;631440 Wrote: > What Phil meant is that there is no way for the Squeezebox Server to > know the bitrate of the transcoded file until the transcoding is > complete. > Thus, the "Converted to 705kbps FLAC" information is meaningless, it's > simply hardcoded somewhere in the Squeezebox Server c

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playback Of 24bit / 88.2 Files

2011-05-15 Thread sebp
Astroimage;631431 Wrote: > I do not know about "transcoder helpers" or any of that. What Phil meant is that there is no way for the Squeezebox Server to know the bitrate of the transcoded file until the transcoding is complete. Thus, the "Converted to 705kbps FLAC" information is meaningless, it'

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playback Of 24bit / 88.2 Files

2011-05-15 Thread Astroimage
Hi Phil, Thank you for your reply. I do not know about "transcoder helpers" or any of that. I use Squeeze Server from the Mac then to my router then to the Touch. I use the Analogue out of the Touch. No DAC involved so I have no way of knowing that end of it. All that I know is what I see and h

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Ports

2011-05-15 Thread w3wilkes
Try these windows inbound firewall rule changes. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=618826&postcount=12 -- w3wilkes 2 Duets - 1 for upstairs and 1 for downstairs w3wilkes's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I am lost

2011-05-15 Thread w3wilkes
With my Duet and SBS on Win7 x64 I found it was really the firewall inbound rule for TCP that was the problem. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=618826&postcount=12 -- w3wilkes 2 Duets - 1 for upstairs and 1 for downstairs

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive

2011-05-15 Thread sebp
LaCie Rikiki 250GB Western Digital My Passport 250GB Both devices have been reported by users as working with the Touch, powered from USB. -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.sl

[SlimDevices: Touch] Album Artwork - Eureka! I Figured it out

2011-05-15 Thread timosmith
If anyone else has been having trouble with spotty album art showing up on their Touch display or iPeng or Squeezepad app, I figured out how to make it work...although it's painful. 1. Go into your itunes library for each individual album and right click the first song in each album to bring up p

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playback Of 24bit / 88.2 Files

2011-05-15 Thread Phil Leigh
Astroimage;631384 Wrote: > Hi Phil, > > Thank you for your reply. > > When I click on the song that is playing in the web interface it tells > me that the Bitrate is being converted. The line reads "Bitrate: > 1411kbps CBR (Converted to 705kbps FLAC)". If I set FLAC from FLAC / > Sox to Disab

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External DAC Eastern Electric Minimax

2011-05-15 Thread SilverRS8
CDLehner;631268 Wrote: > I've owned both (as well as many others in between)...the EE SLAYS the > DacMagic. > > CD Wow good to hear !! Just ordered one. Hopefully it arrives at the end of the week. After that I either will be selling my DacMagic or the Minimax if the upgrade was not substancial

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playback Of 24bit / 88.2 Files

2011-05-15 Thread Astroimage
Hi Phil, Thank you for your reply. When I click on the song that is playing in the web interface it tells me that the Bitrate is being converted. The line reads "Bitrate: 1411kbps CBR (Converted to 705kbps FLAC)". If I set FLAC from FLAC / Sox to Disabled the message disappears and all of my 1

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless audio streaming with Oppo BDP-83

2011-05-15 Thread Amnesiac
toby10;631367 Wrote: > Like the doomed Logitech Revue which is selling 70% below expectations? > :) > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2384652,00.asp :-) I was just giving a number of reasons why they might... As well as my SqueezeBoxes I have a BDP-83 and use Whitebear which works well e

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive

2011-05-15 Thread TurnipMan
sebp;630091 Wrote: > The key point is that the connected drive, if not powered externally, > must not draw more than 500 mA (or 2.5 W) when running (case included). Can anyone recommend any specfic devices that fall within the above spec? 250GB would be ample. I want to buy one for my Mum who l

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless audio streaming with Oppo BDP-83

2011-05-15 Thread toby10
Amnesiac;631365 Wrote: > . > oh and how about a corporation with a good DLNA device to sell who > don't want to develop a whole new server when they can piggy back on a > really good one... I don't know oh how about someone like Logitech who > make devices that fall into both camps...

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless audio streaming with Oppo BDP-83

2011-05-15 Thread Amnesiac
toby10;529366 Wrote: > So you want Logitech to spend time and resources on their free server > software to make it more likely to not buy their hardware players. It's open source with a plug-in architecture... so anyone with both a Slim Devices and a DLNA device and the right coding skills might