danfzx9r wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. Can anyone tell me if I need an Ethernet
crossover cable or just a plain Ethernet cable to get this working?
According to http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Hardware_comparison
in the Touch column Same as Squeezebox2 + Auto Uplink (Auto MDIX)
Mnyb wrote:
Async USB may be better when the DAC has the corresponding USB -input-,
but USB spdiff converter is not the same thing you have not removed
spdiff out of the picture at all , hence the whole idea seems a bit off
??
The rationale behind the existence USB/spdiff converters is to
As you could see from previous posts
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94218-Asynch-USB-vs-non-USBp=696834viewfull=1#post696834),
I was telling everyone that the scheme of Touch - V-Link - DAC was
technically not promising.
That was before I tried it anyway.
All I can say is that
Turnandcough wrote:
The lock light is on and the 192 light is red. The only sound I get is
the odd click here and there. I'm running 7.8(I thought this version was
the only one that worked with EDO) and all my files are FLAC.
When I switch from 24/96 to 24/192 my DAC's input signal LED
Turnandcough wrote:
Not that I'm really into 192 files but just out of curiosity...
Does anyone have an idea why I can't play 24-192 files using Touch 7.8
EDO V-Link 192 USB converter S/PDIF EE Minimax DAC? I was able to
play the same files using Touch's S/PDIF output to the DAC.
I looked into this and came to the same conclusions as your most recent
post. Good news, then!
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Glad to know it seems to work in your case. I wish I knew it would
certainly work for larger cards, which would require knowing why it
*shouldn't* work in the first place, and how to circumvent these
limitations.
It would be nice to have my entire music collection on an SDXC card
inserted in a
Looking around at what is available in your price range, I don't think I
can beat your original choices. I had considered the NAD 326 BEE, but I
suspect the highs may be a bit too strident and fatiguing (and the
aesthetics of the Nad don't appeal so much). I also thought about the
Peachtree Decco
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I have the Rega DAC too, BTW. Anything that has SPDIF as its output is
going to suffer from the main design flaw of SPDIF: namely the need to
recover the clock from the data. If you could go USB to I2S such that
the clock is transmitted explicitly and separately from
All, hopefully we've now moved beyond trying to convince the OP that the
bit values are not being changed by the Touch at full volume and without
replay gain etc.
What I wanted to raise is whether asynch USB fully eliminates the
influence of the source computer. It would seem that one needs
John,
The Musiland Monitor is a USB interface; it does not have coax inputs.
It does have a coax *output* connection, which you seem to have mistaken
for an input.
Therein lies your problem.
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John,
It should just work. Which $200 DAC do you have? Are there any lights on
it to indicate lock status of the various data rates? If so, what do
you observe on those lights? Are there multiple inputs to select the on
the DAC for various input connections? Are you sure you have selected
the
Lar wrote:
So your saying that the Touch will not put out 192 threw coax with EDO?
EDO *does* provide 192kHz/24bit output via coax when the source files
are in FLAC format and are allowed to stream in that format. Great for
Linn Records studio master downloads!
I sympathise; you could expect better from an advertised function of the
device. Sadly, you can't do much to mitigate the cold hard facts of an
under-powered ARM processor doing dual duty as server and client.
For a solution at work, without putting rogue devices on the network, my
suggestion
One set-up that I have used successfully is an ARM-based NAS directly
connected by a short length of CAT5 ethernet cable to a Squeezebox touch
to create an isolated system for playback of my private music library.
This required me to install the logitech server software (LMS) on the
NAS box and
I don't know which country you're in, but in the US you might consider
http://www.amazon.com/GWC-HU2024-BLK-USB-2-0-2-Port/dp/B00667MJR8
Or the white version
http://www.amazon.com/GWC-HU2024-USB-2-0-2-Port/dp/B000ZEUQ3M
According to the reviewer who cracked one open, it uses an NEC 720114
Triode wrote:
Hum - please report again and if possible let me know what dmesg says if
it gets into this state.
The issue we have is that the squeezeplay application and LMS expect the
output device to be present when Touch is powered up - this is when
things like the max sample rate
I upgraded from 0.1 to 0.2 via the up-date all menu option on the Touch.
I was able to play via an AudioEngine D1 at 44.1, 88.2 and 96kHz,
connected via an ac-powered hub to the Touch. I switched the DAC off via
the front panel button, waited a few seconds powered it back on and
verified that I
jeffcdo wrote:
Wow! I just tested this out and it's working great. I had tried the
USB output earlier when it was still being tested and was suffering from
pops and clicks - I didn't really understand the use of the USB hub
until I read some of the further comments on the link you sent,
In my experience, you will need to unplug the optical connection from
the D1 and replug it in to have it recognize a sample rate change (e.g.,
from 44.1 to 88.2kHz).
Firstly, you may want to verify if I am correct by starting to play an
88.2kHz or 96kHz file and while it is playing remove and
Just wanted to say thanks for this accomplishment. I find the app works
well for 192kHz to a Rega DAC via SPDIF, and at 44.1, 88.2 and 96kHz via
a bus powered hub into an AudioEngine D1, and at 44.1kHz with no hub,
but the work-around switched on. I don't have any 48kHz music files to
test.
I
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interesting (and surprising)! May I know which USB interface you
used? You've got me curious.
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this out anyway, just to test a null hypothesis, I
would go with something like the M2 Tech Hi-Face EVO USB to SPDIF
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victory for adaptive USB audio from the Touch. Thanks
again to Triode. I hope he will keep his unofficial applets available
for the future. They are starting to become indispensable!
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have one by now if it were not
for the supply situation.
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for the hard work it must have taken!
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in the Touch is the culprit, which I believe is
bypassed when using the RCA outputs to an outboard headphone amplifier.
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in the morning)?
I do my headphone listening via the S/PDIF digital output whereas my
powered speakers are plugged into the RCA jacks. I need to suppress the
output to the analog ports of the SBT except when an alarm is triggered.
Can this be done?
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Just FYI, not an endorsement, since I've never been a customer.
http://www.boldercables.com/servlet/-strse-414/Touch%2C-logitech%2C-mods%2C-analog/Detail
If someone *has* had this done and wants to report their perception of
the results, that would be cool.
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web site, Logitech occupies the top 4 positions in
Multiroom Digital Music Systems, with the SB Touch in #2 position.
Probably Logitech doesn't need to make significant revisions to their
hardware lineup anytime soon in this market segment.
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clashes with virus scanners, either, since Linux doesn't typically need
such a thing.
I prefer my current Vortexbox based solution to the other two
possibilities I've tried, but your mileage may vary.
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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.
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I just tested my Touch playing back a purchased iTunes+ album (256kbps
CBR aac in an .m4a container).
Player Model: Squeezebox Touch
Firmware: 7.5.4-r9408
I also double-checked that it is not transcoding, and it is not.
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in the file name make the cpu work much
harder, thus degrading sound quality ;-)
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would be a more compelling if
it were not for some Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod touch applications that can
put the same functionality in the palm of your hand, most notably the
famous iPeng.
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speech.
I think you would have to listen at pretty high volume levels to hear
the difference between a 24 bit DAC and a good 16-bit DAC.
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Again, my humor is an acquired taste at best. Sorry for any confusion.
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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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Gerry123;608610 Wrote:
In other words, drill some holes, drop some cables, plug it in, listen
to music.
Yep, that would definitely work!
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with Soundcheck's mods left in place you get a
into an undefined state where some of the mods are over-written and
other bits of script and executable are still left hanging around. A
full factory restore is needed to properly re-install the mods.
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@Phil Leigh. Thanks for taking time to do careful measurements. Some of
us a extremely interested to see measured data, whether it confirms our
subjective impressions or otherwise.
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contain amplifiers inside the
enclosures) then it is impossible for you to suffer such interference.
If your speakers are active, and badly designed, there is a small
possibility that such a thing could happen.
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, and yet at the same time indispensable.
A NOS DAC attempts not to make the problem worse, but you must still
live with the choice of decimation filter the mastering engineer chose
to use.
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-fatiguing digital
music -can- sound.
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Dremel;594474 Wrote:
Thanks dsdreamer, it works like a charm. Do you have any clue of getting
keys 7-9 and 0 to work the same way? Just adding the definitions under
irActionMappings has no effect.
So far I stopped at 6 because I also tried to get to 10 working presets
and struck out. I think
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Or if you really want to be wierd how about a magic eye tube?
John S.
I was hoping for a beam deflection tube pre-amp myself, with a built-in
USB DAC in front.
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for malware behavior. However,
this is most often observed during scanning, not so much as a random
failure during playback.
Is there anything in your SBS log, or scanner log file that looks
suspicious?
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Good detective work and thanks for sharing it!
This particular Windows behavior has been driving people nuts for
several years now. E.g., see the following thread...
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it sure sounds like music to me.
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crippled internal server (which I've never been tempted
to use, anyway).
Has John Swenson published his mod instructions somewhere?
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Yep, the sound quality is extrodianary for anything in its price class,
and the UI is both cool and functional.
I would like to think that the SBT would help revive the fortunes of
Logitech's streaming media business unit. Has anyone sent John Atkinson
a sample?
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