Mine has spent most of its time in the "lab" sitting right next to me so I use the touch interface most of the time. I like the touch interface very much.
I've had it in the listening room for a while sitting in the rack connected to my DAC. In this position its mostly remote controlled. I'm pretty much split between using IR remote and an SBC. In this configuration I really miss the Touch interface. Having a control interface on the player is actually very handy. With the SB3 I frequently wind up in a situation where I'm in front of the rack and want to play something while I check out something (setting volume controls, checking out polarities whatever) and I have to go to the listening chair, grab the remote do what I need. Then I usually forget to take it back to the chair, so the next time I sit down to listen the remote is on the other side of the room. With the Touch the control surface is always there with it, even if I don't use it all the time. I'm probably going to get another one for use as a controller. One sits in the rack and I have one next to me in the listening chair. Then of course I'll need yet another for the lab! I guess I'm well and truly hooked! For me at least a big advantage of the Touch as controller is that you can plug a USB stick in and play music without having to load it into the server. I was surprised at how often that actually happened and it was a real pain in the neck to deal with. With the Touch right next to me, just plug it in, wait a few seconds and I can start browsing the stick. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74610 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
