Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch, compared to Classic, PS and portable HD

2010-08-19 Thread NewBuyer
n't know - everybody's just different I guess. Myself, I really don't find the Touch to be all that big of a deal sonically compared to the SB3 or a DAC combo - I certainly do understand what the OP (Dura) is describing very well. -- NewBuyer -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch, compared to Classic, PS and portable HD

2010-08-19 Thread NewBuyer
The Touch is the fluent-multilingual-speaking superior to the SB3's mere baby-syllable blithering. It also makes you sterile. Ok, now there clearly can be no further doubt. :) -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using digital output only, should I go for the Touch or spend $1000 on a Transporter

2010-07-02 Thread NewBuyer
ersely > it gets to a point that the external DAC is very expensive and very good > and should be feed by a Transporter. So for me it comes down to > available money and really how good the external DAC is. +1 (Nicely said iPhone) -- NewBuyer ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Power plug position

2010-06-10 Thread NewBuyer
ution too - even when using unbalanced interconnects. Both methods defeat the potential ground loop on the signal line, balance the impedences of the pos/neg signal lines, and also provide much better EMI/RFI noise immunity (as I understand it - please do corre

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why does (digital out) sound quality differ between Touch and Duet?

2010-06-10 Thread NewBuyer
you're thinking about for decreasing interface jitter sensitivity, that also produce high levels of their own jitter? -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Why does (digital out) sound quality differ between Touch and Duet?

2010-06-08 Thread NewBuyer
r would be a great way to test. I think that sometimes people can have a tendency to think a more recent equipment design must somehow be better in practice (sound better in this case) - and this underlying assumption can thus provide a source of bias, and a very convincin

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] [Touch] Digital or analog speakers preferred?

2010-06-05 Thread NewBuyer
might consider the NHT M-00 active speakers along with their PVC volume-controller; this set pairs quite nicely with the SB units and has auto-on "signal-sense" capability. Check www.nhthifi.com for more info. :)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-05-23 Thread NewBuyer
k about this like you do! Now just imagine, if only you could turn your ridicule powers toward the service of good... :D -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 Vie

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-27 Thread NewBuyer
(or at least give you free Touch's, we could call it further beta-test!) ;) -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://f

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-27 Thread NewBuyer
ow "old-fashioned"), and therefore(!) somehow childish or stupid. Hey after all, why not just buy things now and think later - after all, you & your family all have good health insurance, don't you? ;) -- NewBuyer

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My thoughts on the sound quality of the Touch

2010-04-21 Thread NewBuyer
er (a filter which apparently the Touch doesn't have/need), I wonder if using optical out can help overcome that issue... -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View th

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-20 Thread NewBuyer
> For anyone who wants to permanently disable wifi from the Touch: Would > it perhaps be just as easy to just open it up, and remove an internal > wifi card? > > Does anybody know please, if this is even possible with the Touch? Please, does anybody know the answer to these?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-16 Thread NewBuyer
For anyone who wants to permanently disable wifi from the Touch: Would it perhaps be just as easy to just open it up, and remove an internal wifi card? Does anybody know please, if this is even possible with the Touch? -- NewBuyer

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-11 Thread NewBuyer
jstraw;533560 Wrote: > What's the big deal? Making a hat out of foil is not difficult. I should hope not! You wear yours as a loin-cloth, right? :) -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.sl

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-11 Thread NewBuyer
etely shut off the wifi - especially since John S seems to have found a way to hack it via code approach (even though, as he says, it won't persist between power cycles). If they do this, I will almost certainly buy a Touc

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-04-04 Thread NewBuyer
Hey Phil - Valentino's post seems fine to me too - what's the issue? -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://for

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-03-24 Thread NewBuyer
erland;527757 Wrote: > ...However, I can't say I've so far remembered any WiFi waves... That's because they killed those particular brain cells along the way. You shouldn't worry about it though, since you will forget all about this by tomorro

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-03-20 Thread NewBuyer
ived with the senses, then it clearly must be _absolutely_ & _exactly_ identical to all else that fits that same description, and therefore must -"obviously"- be perfectly ok and fine - right? I hope so! :D -- NewBuyer

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Temperature sensor in Touch?

2010-03-18 Thread NewBuyer
is a microphone in the Touch, and it was apparently only put there in anticipation of such a plugin - is that right? Seems an odd thing somehow... -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimd

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Disable WLAN on Squeezebox Touch

2010-03-18 Thread NewBuyer
JohnSwenson;525936 Wrote: > There is nothing in the touch menus that will do that.. So the Touch doesn't automatically disable the wifi when an ethernet cable is plugged into it, like the SB/Transporter units do? If so, that's disappointing...

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Temperature sensor in Touch?

2010-03-16 Thread NewBuyer
toby10;519436 Wrote: > For the Clapper Plugin. You must be joking, right? :D -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Temperature sensor in Touch?

2010-02-21 Thread NewBuyer
aubuti;517134 Wrote: > As far as I know it hasn't been enabled yet. But why does the Touch even contain a microphone at all? Just wondering... -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Temperature sensor in Touch?

2010-02-14 Thread NewBuyer
aubuti;515709 Wrote: > I don't remember ever seeing a temperature sensor mentioned (though > there is a microphone...) Just curious: What is the microphone for? -- NewBuyer NewBuyer'

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Powered speakers for Touch

2010-02-13 Thread NewBuyer
You might also consider the 'NHT M-00's' (http://www.nhthifi.com/NHT-M00?sc=12&category=1213). These are great acoustic suspension powered monitors that also have auto-on capability. -- NewBuyer NewBu

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't wait any longer........

2009-12-26 Thread NewBuyer
badlyread;498836 Wrote: > ...you should be thinking of an external DAC at some point. May I > recommend... Well, since the OP already has a Touch on pre-order: Perhaps waiting to see how it sounds first, before ordering any external DACs, would be worthwhile. :) -- Ne