user181 wrote: > I too am a new owner of a Transporter SE as of last week. I bought a > new-old-stock unit and am very happy with it; I have used a SlimP3 > player since 2003, so the upgrade feels like jumping from a tricycle to > a Ferarri. I'm using the analog output, and the sonic quality is > absolutely discernible, despite the people I know who try to say that > you can't tell the difference (the audio non-believers). > > I somewhat wish I had bought a unit with the TransNav knob, but I don't > know that I'll miss it that much since I have iPeng, which I've also > used for a very long time. (As an aside, the Squeezebox platform of > products is one of those few things that, in my opinion, has gotten more > useful over time, thanks to things like iPeng and the ongoing > development & continuation of the open source server software. I > appreciate it it so much, especially since platform/manufacturer lock-in > is so prevalent.) > > I welcome any tips and advice anyone can share for maintaining this > product. I yearned for one ever since it was released but it wasn't > feasible at the time. In particular, I want to take care to prolong the > life of the display as much as possible. I liked having the > calendar/clock display on my SlimP3 when it was "off", but it sounds > like this might not be advisable on the Transporter. > > I did also buy a new-old-stock front display board to have as spare > parts insurance. Does anyone know if the VFD part itself is still made > (or sold), if one were willing to go to the effort to replace it on the > board? > > Thanks for any tips or comments!
You'll have fun with it. I have one with knob and in 10 years I've never touched the knob. I control from my laptop or ipeng. One thing I would say is to install the "BLANKSAVER" plugin on LMS and setup the options within player/Display tab in LMS > Settings. I have this setup so that when not playing the screens of the Transporter are OFF. One weak link is that these screens can eventually wear out/break. I haven't had that with my Transporter (yet), but did with my original BOOM. *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>LMS 7.9.2>Squeezelite *The Wild (no internet): *PiCorePlayer 4.0 on rPi 3B+, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110310 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
