You guys should be in sales. I should be picking up the SB Touch
tomorrow morning. I found a place a bit cheaper than the $350 I was
seeing online.
By retiring my old computer I didn't necessarily mean disposing. I
would have had a new one by now had it not been for the Intel Sandy
Bridge chip
squigly1;618618 Wrote:
> Good info and news all around.
>
> Might even retire my old computer for something new too.
>
> Thanks for the help.
I suggest you don't. That old computer can be your friend as a
dedicated SBS.
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carib
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AVR/receiver networking is very basic and simplistic, nothing even close
to the capabilities of a dedicated Network Music Player like a SB Touch.
;)
As suggested, once you get your Touch, hook up both the digital coax
and the L/R analog outs to two different inputs in your AVR, like DVD
and CD.
N
squigly1;618784 Wrote:
>
>
> Where are the sales. Come on Canada. $350+tax is a bit steep!
>
> Thanks
I can tell you that even at this price the $350 will be the best $350
you ever spent on improving the enjoyment of your music collection!
There are many folks that have reported selling th
I'm leaning towards getting the SB as it will work with my current
receiver. That will give me more time to look at, audition, etc.
receivers so I buy the one that best fits my need and budget. If the
receiver does DLNA I can do a comparison and if I like it well enough I
can always sell the SB,
DLNA works along the same principle as Squeezeboxes: you have a server
on some device with plenty of storage (PC, NAS, etc.) where your music
library is, and you have a client that gets tracks from the server to
play to the listener.
Note that DLNA supports audio, video and image files, SB does a
squigly1;618698 Wrote:
> About the network port, I've been reading that those receivers have
> something called DLNA (digital network living alliance). It appears
> that with that feature you are able to stream audio like the SB, etc
> and video like Apple TV, etc. More research is needed.
>
>
garym;618687 Wrote:
> If you want to use the DAC from the SB, you would use the RCA out
> (analog out). A receiver with a network port is not neccesary with SB,
> and in my opinion would NOT replace the need for the SB system (or
> something like it).
About the network port, I've been reading t
squigly1;618686 Wrote:
> Ok, a few more questions:
>
> As my current receiver is quite old (like 10+ years) I imagine the
> DAC's in it are not as good as the DAC's in the SB. If that is the
> case and I want to use the DAC's from the SB do I output from Coax or
> RCA to the receiver?
>
> Look
Ok, a few more questions:
As my current receiver is quite old (like 10+ years) I imagine the
DAC's in it are not as good as the DAC's in the SB. If that is the
case and I want to use the DAC's from the SB do I output from Coax or
RCA to the receiver?
Looking at receivers I see some have network
You may want to play around a bit w Squeezeplay. It will give you a feel
for how the system operates before you get your Touch. It helped me
understand things a bit more before my Touch arrived. People here are
always willing to help so keep on asking
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver
Good info and news all around.
Needed a reason to upgrade from my old receiver and this is it. Off on
a hunt to find an SB, and a receiver. Might even retire my old computer
for something new too.
Thanks for the help.
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squigly1
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If your receiver is a home theater receiver, likely you would be best
using the coax in (digital) since most do some form of DSP internally.
If you send in an analog signal (RCA), it will in many cases
re-digitize, run through its DSP, then out through its own DAC's
anyway. Most have a bypass mo
Tags are metadata that are stored in the FLAC files themselves. They
contain information about artist, album, track number, composer, year
of recording, and many other things, including lyrics. Squeezebox
Server uses the metadata in a database that provides for much more
flexible browsing and play
dasmueller;618565 Wrote:
> You will also need some tagging software to tag your files in sync with
> however you design the directory but you may already know that.
If you don't mind, please elaborate on tagging. I currently have each
rip in its own directory. Each directory has the flac files
garym;618548 Wrote:
> Yes, the TOUCH will play 24/96 FLAC natively
>
> install the Free SqueezeBoxServer Software from the website. This will
> then catalog your music files, etc. (you can also continue to use any
> other program you were using...this won't interfere with that).
>
> Wireless G
You will also need some tagging software to tag your files in sync with
however you design the directory but you may already know that.
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dasmueller
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squigly1;618544 Wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've searched and think the Touch is the answer for what I need but
> would like clarification.
>
> On my computer hard drive I have many hi-res 24-96 flac files (vinyl
> rips) and want to play them through my home theatre receiver. The
> Touch seems to be th
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