Mark Lanctot;154769 Wrote: > I assume the photo is taken from your normal listening position? No, not really. My usual listening position is central in the room, either comatose on the floor infront of where the Scalextric controllers are (on cushions with head on a poof) or on the sofa behind where the photo is taken (again centrally between the speakers). This position is a bit too far form the speakers for my liking and I have to squint a bit to see the Transporter's screen.
I just tried aiming the remote at the ceiling and was surprised to see that if I was standing in front of the unit it sill responded. However, as soon as that knob gets in the way of the remote's line of site there's no response at all. I would prefer it if the hifi rack faced me but there is no elegant or practical way to do this in this room (which is odd as it's not small). The angle and IR reponse has never been a problem with the Naim stuff or the Squeezebox 3 (which was angled towards me anyway). I am contemplating turning the whole rack round to face down the room (with Transporter towards the bottom).. which will look really pants and get in the way of the right hand speaker (not to mention the lounge door being opened by small children and whacking into the front of the hifi rack). I have an iPaq which runs the handheld web interface quite well, but it's nothing like as simple as using the remote (and means taking my eye off the race for so much longer). I'd find it hard to contemplate getting a Nokia 770 just to run my hifi... I like the Telescope idea, or perhaps turning the Transporter upside down.. or maybe I should just move house. MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. Music catalog: http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29656 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
