Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Fixed Volume at 50%

2013-03-25 Thread Mnyb
Reading the tech spec on the Marantz pm-7004 http://www.marantz.co.uk/DocumentMaster/UK/04_EN_PM7004.pdf 200mV input sensitivity that is simply silly :) Touch is about 2V rms (ten times that 2000mV) the power amp direct input has a more reasonable 1.6V input High input sensitivity is also

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Fixed Volume at 50%

2013-03-25 Thread johan d
Thx a lot for the info. I use KEF IQ30 speakers. johan d's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=48838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98371

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-03-25 Thread MikeSB
Stratmangler wrote: I continue to fail to understand what seems to be an obsession about connecting the Touch to an external DAC via USB. The Touch has a perfectly good coaxial output, and the M1 DAC is quite happy receiving data streams up to 24/192 over it. Why not use that? Not

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-03-25 Thread Julf
gellie wrote: This may seem like a silly question but, if the SBT DAC is so good, why would anyone use a M1 DAC? Thanks. Because they like the audiophile bragging value? Julf's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-03-25 Thread guidof
gellie wrote: This may seem like a silly question but, if the SBT DAC is so good, why would anyone use a M1 DAC? Thanks. I have no experience with the M1. That said, even though the SBT internal DAC is good, there are lots of DACs out there that are more transparent. I use a DSPeaker Dual

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-03-25 Thread Julf
guidof wrote: That said, even though the SBT internal DAC is good, there are lots of DACs out there that are more transparent. Any ABX logs to show us? Julf's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-03-25 Thread Mnyb
The DSPeaker anti mode is a digital room EQ/DRC unit with its own DAC , so it's not the same as a typical standalone DAC . Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2013-03-25 Thread guidof
Mnyb wrote: The DSPeaker anti mode is a digital room EQ/DRC unit with its own DAC , so it's not the same as a typical standalone DAC . True. Prior to the DSPeaker, I used the Cambridge Audio Azur 840-C as DAC. It was also an improvement over the DAC in the SBT. To my ears, and in the context

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch not at all happy ( me neither)

2013-03-25 Thread gruntwolla
Hi folks, This morning the display on my Touch froze. I could still play music through it using Squeezepad or Squeezecommander, but no display. I tried the reset button, and it rebooted back to the same frozen screen, so I then used the reset button to do a factory reset, and now I have a new

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch not at all happy ( me neither)

2013-03-25 Thread dasmueller
You say you cannot decline the update. Have you tried swiping the screen when the update notice appears. I do not remember if it is left to right or right to left, but that is the normal way to avoid the updates. Hope this helps. The frozen screen could be another issue tho.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch not at all happy ( me neither)

2013-03-25 Thread gruntwolla
dasmueller wrote: You say you cannot decline the update. Have you tried swiping the screen when the update notice appears. I do not remember if it is left to right or right to left, but that is the normal way to avoid the updates. Hope this helps. The frozen screen could be another issue