Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-15 Thread agillis
turbot fiend wrote: > Resurrecting this thread. Does anyone know if I can connect B&W MM1 > powered speakers (built in DAC) to an SB Classic? MM1s only have USB > connect for digital via PC/MAC, although one can use a spearate aux jack > in for analogue. I want to connect directly to streamer

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-15 Thread sbb
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput This might work Others use it to connect their touch to a USB DAC Your device holds a USB DAC (even if it's boxed insided active speakers), so this might work easy to install, ea

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-14 Thread Julf
turbot fiend wrote: > Interesting that you can get PC connected usb out to spdif converters, > but not vice versa. That is pretty easy, as spdif is a simple, one-way link, whereas USB requires a lot of smart handshaking. A spdif data stream is just audio, whereas the data over USB can be prett

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-14 Thread turbot fiend
JohnSwenson wrote: > Unfortunately there is no such thing as a S/PDIF to USB "adapter", it's > called a computer! This is a complex task and nobody has yet got it > down to the level of "adapter". To do this takes a computer with some > specialized software. It is particularly interesting if the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-12 Thread JohnSwenson
turbot fiend wrote: > Resurrecting this thread. Does anyone know if I can connect B&W MM1 > powered speakers (built in DAC) to an SB Classic? MM1s only have USB > connect for digital via PC/MAC, although one can use a spearate aux jack > in for analogue. I want to connect directly to streamer

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-12 Thread turbot fiend
Resurrecting this thread. Does anyone know if I can connect B&W MM1 powered speakers (built in DAC) to an SB Classic? MM1s only have USB connect for digital via PC/MAC, although one can use a spearate aux jack in for analogue. I want to connect directly to streamer - this is for a bedroom syste

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread aubuti
jfo wrote: > They use a 3.5mm jack to connect to the source. USB is power only it > appears. Ah, good eye. That explains things for those speakers at least. aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread jfo
aubuti wrote: > I dunno, maybe there is a DAC in these US$10 speakers? > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836150064&Tpk=CA-2016wb > I assumed that if I could electricity down a USB cable (eg, to charge my > phone or iPod) that I could also send analog audio signals, but I do

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread aubuti
Mnyb wrote: > Realyy can you send analog signals down the USB cable ?!? huh I dunno, maybe there is a DAC in these US$10 speakers? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836150064&Tpk=CA-2016wb I assumed that if I could electricity down a USB cable (eg, to charge my phone or iPod)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread garym
Mnyb wrote: > Realyy can you send analog signals down the USB cable ?!? huh > > Btw the whole idea is bit odd like towing a caravan with your Ferrari ? yeah, I have no clue about how USB speakers work, but agree it seems odd to want to connect USB speakers to a TOUCH, unless there's some sort o

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread Mnyb
aubuti wrote: > Not necessarily. A lot of USB "computer speakers" use the DAC on the > computer's sound card. Realyy can you send analog signals down the USB cable ?!? huh Btw the whole idea is bit odd like towing a caravan with your Ferrari ? -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread aubuti
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > Well I have a very limited understanding but AFAIK USB speakers would > have to have a DAC of some sort wouldn't they? Not necessarily. A lot of USB "computer speakers" use the DAC on the computer's sound card. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread jimbobvfr400
Well I have a very limited understanding but AFAIK USB speakers would have to have a DAC of some sort wouldn't they? OP do you have specific speakers in mind at all? Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk 2 jimbobvfr400's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread garym
jimbobvfr400 wrote: > In theory as long as the usb DAC was compatible couldn't they work using > Triodes EDO app? > > Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD I thought you were asking about USB speakers not a DAC. Are these USB speakers that have a built in DAC? If so, maybe I suppose, since y

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread jimbobvfr400
In theory as long as the usb DAC was compatible couldn't they work using Triodes EDO app? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56857 View this thre

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-02 Thread garym
bengaldave wrote: > Hello, > > Can I plug usb speakers directly into the touch? > > If so, which speakers are recommended? > > Thanks in advance no, unless some hacking is available of which I'm not aware. garym's Prof

[SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-02 Thread bengaldave
Hello, Can I plug usb speakers directly into the touch? If so, which speakers are recommended? Thanks in advance bengaldave's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4605 View this thread: http://forums.