I have a russound whole audio (not the cav but the cheaper older version
with 2 slimp3s built into the wall, one on ground floor, one in 2nd
floor bedroom, attached as two of the four sources. The rca cable and
the cat5e is run from the second floor down to the ground floor
network/stereo
I placed my order with Nokia UK on 21st November and they were
indicating December shipment. I called them this morning and they are
still promising December, but cannot/will not be more specific.
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Fifer's
Hello everyone,
I need to ask whether SB-G supports Greek characters on the display
like SB2/SB3.
I own an SB2(living room) I have an SB-G in the bedroom. Win XP,
SServer 6.2.1. The SB2 displays the greek characters correctly while
the SB-G shows where the greek characters are
seanadams Wrote:
FL,
Sorry about the trouble. FWIW we have always cautioned against
connecting directly to an amp unless levels are appropriately limited
on the analog side.
SeanIt looks like your (in)famous speaker-killer bug is still there.
BTW, this issue cannot be solved with
neilcoburn Wrote:
... so the workaround is to burn them to a CD in iTunes, and then re-rip
them as normal AAC files which Slimserver can use.
No, No, No, No, No.
You lose audio quality by doing this. The answer is to use 'jHymn'
(http://hymn-project.org/jhymndoc/), which removes the DRM, but
max.spicer Wrote:
You need speakers for all the squeezeboxes. Unless you have active
speakers or headphone, you'll also need an amp.
MaxIf you have good headphones, you will still need an amp. In this case, a
headphone amp. The headphone amp in the SB is not worth plugging
anything but
As a new SB3 owner, I'm less than enamoured with the current method of
browsing through swathes of contributing artists for all the reasons
I've seen a hundred times on this forum.
I understand that the guys at Slim haven't had the time or the
inclination to address this as it's probably well
trebejo Wrote:
Poor guy... he probably felt that his only interaction with the company
was going to happen via the UPS truck, and he blew the obvious valve.
There was a time where we required an expert to stand in front of us,
or sit next to us, or in some other way make eye contact before
luga00 Wrote:
As a new SB3 owner, I'm less than enamoured with the current method of
browsing through swathes of contributing artists for all the reasons
I've seen a hundred times on this forum.
I understand that the guys at Slim haven't had the time or the
inclination to address this as
Well, it's a thought:)
Everyone here uses I-Tunes through our network but I know a lot of the
young lads here (there are 250 of them) would be interested in the SB
system so I'll probably try to get them interested first and who knows
what that will lead them to write.
They all 'love' open
Thanks for the tip re JHymn, though the website says it doesn't work
with music purchased using iTunes 6.0 onwards (and you now have to use
6.0 to buy stuff)
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no, you can buy music with any version from 4.7 onwards. i'm using 5 at
the moment.
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To be fair - do most sources (ie, cd players, tuners, tape decks, phono
cartridges) have any type of level protection built in?I don't
think so. Regardless, situations like this make me glad I have
McIntosh amplification with Power Guard and Sentry Monitor. My
loudspeaker investment is
neilcoburn Wrote:
Thanks for the tip re JHymn, though the website says it doesn't work
with music purchased using iTunes 6.0 onwards (and you now have to use
6.0 to buy stuff)
If you have already bought music using iTunes 6 then iTMS won't let you
buy music with an earlier version of iTunes.
Having listened to and used a Squeezebox 1 for several weeks before
exchanging for my current Squeezebox 3, I wholeheartedly urge you, if
finances permit, to get a Squeezebox 3.
For me - the biggest advantages over Squeezebox 1 are...
Better Display - not just because it's pretty, but
Hello,
After a re-scan of my library, I now find every track appears twice,
e.g.
1. Track Title 1 from Album Title by Artist
1. Track Title 1 from Album Title by Artist
2. Track Title 2 from Album Title by Artist
2. Track Title 2 from Album Title by Artist
3. Track Title 3 from Album Title by
enduser Wrote:
Slim Devices could start, from the CEO down, by not lying to the
customer. I had a very bad experience with many people at Slim Devices
telling me flat out lies just so they could keep my money. So I would
say that all is not roses at Slim Devices.
The company is very
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 05:44 -0800, radish wrote:
enduser Wrote:
Slim Devices could start, from the CEO down, by not lying to the
customer. I had a very bad experience with many people at Slim Devices
[snip]
I'd love to see some evidence for that because, frankly, I don't
believe you.
Not
radish Wrote:
I'd love to see some evidence for that because, frankly, I don't believe
you.LOL! And so we have the proof that 'science' is indeed the most popular
religion of them all.
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enduser Wrote:
The company is very Apple-like (we will not do right by the customer
unless you start a class action lawsuit against us) and seems to have
basic integrity issues.
Indeed!
As a matter of fact, just the other day I called up Steve Jobs because
Mail was crashing. He tweaked the
Cleve Wrote:
To be fair - do most sources (ie, cd players, tuners, tape decks, phono
cartridges) have any type of level protection built in?I don't
think so. Regardless, situations like this make me glad I have
McIntosh amplification with Power Guard and Sentry Monitor. My
enduser Wrote:
LOL! Evidence indeed. Even if someone posts evidence it doesn't open the
mind of a someone who has already made up his mind.
Actually I hadn't made up my mind, but I have now. Pat's right.
/ignore
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With all the talk of NASes and Linux servers for
SlimServer, I checked into something I've played
with in the past, ClarkConnect:
http://www.clarkconnect.com/developer/overview/
It's a Linux distro designed to turn a PC into a
server/firewall. In the past I used ClarkConnect
as a firewall.
In my experience with SB1/SB3, I don't think the SB does anything to
provide safe signals.
In my experiance, almost no consumer or professional equipment does, except
as an option at extra cost.
Tom
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I have an AudioAccess whole house system. It falls into the category you
mentioned of using keypads for sending signals back to the base unit,
which uses IR flashers to control the individual components. I've got
the system programmed so my SB2 turns on and off when the system turns
on and off
seanadams Wrote:
Indeed!
As a matter of fact, just the other day I called up Steve Jobs because
Mail was crashing. He tweaked the source and emailed me a new binary
while we were on the phone, but he told me all sorts of lies too
about... uh... this that and the other. I am never doing
enduser Wrote:
In the digital world, it takes a stream processing architecture that
validates the stream and filters it with a digital peak limiter...
I maybe missing something here, but aren't digital signals limited
anyway to the maximum number of bits in the signal?
I was under the
seanadams Wrote:
Indeed!
As a matter of fact, just the other day I called up Steve Jobs because
Mail was crashing. He tweaked the source and emailed me a new binary
while we were on the phone, but he told me all sorts of lies too
about... uh... this that and the other. I am never doing
The SB2/3 can function as a wireless bridge, i.e.
it accesses the network wirelessly and can pass
network traffic to a wired device through its
Ethernet port.
It can't work the other way as an access point
though. So if the first SB3 connects by Ethernet,
that's the end of the chain - you
Khuli Wrote:
I maybe missing something here, but aren't digital signals limited
anyway to the maximum number of bits in the signal?
I was under the impression that (digital) peak limiters were used to
prevent excessive clipping when amplifying signals or recording from an
analogue source,
Hi,
If you remove the optical lead from the receiver with the SB2 on or
off, you'll see the light/led/laser is never powered off, so receiver's
that autodetect input still believe the SB2 is the active source.
There's a bug filed on this issue. Please vote for it here. Hopefully
it'll be fixed
On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:05 AM, enduser wrote:
How does a company like slimd explain the length and slope of the
learning curve without losing new customers? I'm sure there are
answers
to that question, but it's a tricky question...
Slim Devices could start, from the CEO down, by not lying to
Aaron Zinck Wrote:
BTW, this issue cannot be solved with your 'caution' advice. A
preamp
doesn't help vs. just using an amp. The volume control is not
effective
either.
To the contrary--a preamp surely does help in this situation. The
garbage
sound that's been described is
enduser Wrote:
There is no nice solution other than building in a quality peak limiter
or running a scanner/filter on the digital data stream before it gets
sent out the digital port for digital-to-digital situations.
Would that not be the same as replay gain? My (admittedly limited)
newton Wrote:
Cleve - Thanks for the input. For better or for worse, I am soon to be
the proud(?) owner of an SB1. This way I will at least get started with
Squeezebox/SlimServer. If all goes well, there may be an SB3 in my
future.
That's great - and I think you'll still be very happy with
dean Wrote:
On Dec 6, 2005, at 3:05 AM, enduser wrote:
How does a company like slimd explain the length and slope of the
learning curve without losing new customers? I'm sure there are
answers
to that question, but it's a tricky question...
Slim Devices could start, from the CEO
I like the look of the SB2, and would prefer to buy that rather than an
SB3 for the moment. I currently have an SB1 and am looking for an
upgrade for the native FLAC decode.
I did a quick bit of searching the other week for SB2, but didn't find
any on-line (tried eBuyer, dabs, broadbandbuyer too
enduser Wrote:
Heck, part of my phone number is in the private order number your CEO
posted on this forum!
Our invoice numbers are just a time stamp.
For example, it is now 9:01:09 am.
As you can see, this almost perfectly matches our phone number,
650.210.9400!
Our phone number also
On 6-Dec-05, at 8:53 AM, enduser wrote:
I hope someone understands posting private information is illegal.
Seriously. LOL. The absurdity is too much.
a number isn't private since anything attached to it is still closed up
at the source. Adding name/phone/address to that would be.
Libel
Have you called Cooltopia. I believe they have some SB2 in their inventory.
Patrick
On 12/6/05 8:56 AM, Dan Goodinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I like the look of the SB2, and would prefer to buy that rather than an
SB3 for the moment. I currently have an SB1 and am looking for an
upgrade
Dan Goodinson Wrote:
enduser Wrote:
There is no nice solution other than building in a quality peak
limiter
or running a scanner/filter on the digital data stream before it gets
sent out the digital port for digital-to-digital situations.
Would that not be the same as replay gain?
kdf Wrote:
On 6-Dec-05, at 8:53 AM, enduser wrote:
I hope someone understands posting private information is illegal.
Seriously. LOL. The absurdity is too much.
a number isn't private since anything attached to it is still closed up
at the source. Adding name/phone/address to
seanadams Wrote:
Our invoice numbers are just a time stamp.
For example, it is now 9:01:09 am.
As you can see, this almost perfectly matches our phone number,
650.210.9400!
Our phone number also appears at the 23,661,777th decimal place of pi.
Conspiracy? I think so.You just
On Tue 6 December 2005 17:06, enduser wrote:
Dan Goodinson Wrote:
enduser Wrote:
There is no nice solution other than building in a quality peak
limiter
or running a scanner/filter on the digital data stream before it gets
sent out the digital port for digital-to-digital situations.
On 12/6/05, enduser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Conspiracy? I think so.You just published on a public forum my private order
number. Part of
which also looked like my phone number. You have no right -- and
certainly no place -- doing such things. If I am suspicious of someone
who has shown me
enduser Wrote:
Part of which also looked like my phone number.
Sigh.
My most recent SB order number (like anyone cares?): 1128971801-302
It has nothing in common with my phone number (though my phone number
does have the 1, 3 and 7 and 9's in it, it's missing out on the 4 and
the 5 from the
Jacob Potter Wrote:
On 12/6/05, enduser enduser.1zmp7b (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com wrote:
Conspiracy? I think so.You just published on a public forum my
private order number. Part of
which also looked like my phone number. You have no right -- and
certainly no place -- doing
Hello Chrisla
Sorry, MP is Messsage Private.
You can upload your image with login in MP, server is now ok
tkank again
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what is really needed is what radio stations use which is
essentially a real-time mastering engine. This includes compression,
equalization, gating, peak limiting, etc. This is the only way to get
quality sound from a wide variety of music.
The purpose of real-time mastering engine, as you
Mr enduser,
I don't know what kind of problem you exactly have, but it is obviously
a quite serious one. Did you consider to request some professional help?
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docbee Wrote:
Mr enduser,
I don't know what kind of problem you exactly have, but it is obviously
a quite serious one. Did you consider to request some professional help?They
sent me here. They told me I had not suffered enough abuse from
nasty morons.
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T Wrote:
what is really needed is what radio stations use which is
essentially a real-time mastering engine. This includes compression,
equalization, gating, peak limiting, etc. This is the only way to get
quality sound from a wide variety of music.
The purpose of real-time mastering
Dr Lovegrove Wrote:
Main new feature is the overhauled library window, with a swanky new
albums list which displays thumbnails and things. See here:
http://127.0.0.1/drlovegrove/slim/library016.jpg
don't think thats the right URL?
Ceejay
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ceejay Wrote:
don't think thats the right URL?
CeejayWorks fine here --
http://tinyurl.com/8luec
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enduser Wrote:
They sent me here. They told me I had not suffered enough abuse from
nasty morons.
Enjoy your trip...
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On 12/6/05 10:01 AM, enduser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
docbee Wrote:
Mr enduser,
I don't know what kind of problem you exactly have, but it is obviously
a quite serious one. Did you consider to request some professional help?They
sent me here. They told me I had not suffered enough abuse
enduser Wrote:
You just published on a public forum my private order number.
You just posted unsubstatiated libel on a company's public forum.
I posted AN order number merely to indicate that *I* know who you are,
and that, astoundingly, you continue to buy our products.
You seem quite
I'm a lawyer, and your notions of the privacy laws are indisputably
incorrect. Posting the order number generates no liability for Slim
Devices. Drop the red herring.
You obviously want to air and resolve your grievances, since you posted
to the forum. So PLEASE offer at least one shred of
Duman Wrote:
You obviously want to air and resolve your grievances, since you posted
to the forum. So PLEASE offer at least one shred of specific
information that backs up your generalizations regarding Slim Devices.
I am truly interested in hearing what could have provoked this sort of
Whats up with UK prices? I know some things are a bit cheaper in the
states, especially US made products, but the differnce is massive with
the SB3.
The cheapest (wireless) i can find in the UK is £225, and thats from a
good suplier (Scan) who are normally very reasonable. But the RRP price
in
snarlydwarf wrote:
...now I wanna get one of those weather station things so I have
-real- conditions, not just what things are like at the
airport... I'm Not At The Airport! Of course, that's after I
figure out what I'm doing with 'home automation' stuff and how to
work the SB into
I really want one for christmas, but can's find one anywhere. I want a
black wireless one and a few websites have had them listed for weeks,
yet none have had any in. I know a lot of people who are waiting for
them. Has there been a delay? Anyone know any UK companies that
actually have them in
There was a delay because of a problem getting parts, I was told. They
are on backorder, but a sales rep just told me they were expected to
begin shipping this week.
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Well, for one thing the UK price includes VAT @ 17.5%, which the US
price does not. So it's more like 205 vs 225. The other 20 quid is, I
assume, the cost of the UK distributor shipping it over and selling it.
You'd pay at least than much to ship it over yourself, so to be honest
it doesn't seem
so it's a general problem effecting Slim Devices actual SB3
manufacturing, rather than a problem with UK import/suply levels etc?
Have they been hard to get hold of in the US too?
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Quoting dangerous_dom [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
OK, thanks for that. I thought the price on the Slimdevices front page
included your version of VAT. Thanks anyway, i feel better knowing that
(i think!).
Now i just need to find one in stock :)
You may want to place your order anyway. If you wait,
Silly question time again!
Are there no other similar applications of the Tripath chipset out
there other than the Sonic Impact T-Amp? (excluding mod-shop stuff)
This question leads to all kinds of other questions, but maybe one
answer will do them all.
TIA
Nick
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Check out
http://www.aagelectronica.com/aag/index.html?target=p_1.htmllang=en-us
it even comes with free (as in beer) and OS software. On 12/6/05, Maditude [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:snarlydwarf wrote: ...now I wanna get one of those weather station things so I have
-real- conditions, not just
hands-on review on gizmodo
http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/nokia-770-handson-141288.php
btw- the update blurb at the bottom of the page about disgruntled 770
pre-order customers was the result, at least in part, of an email by
yours truly to Gizmodo. I figure the only way to make Nokia
dangerous_dom Wrote:
OK, thanks for that. I thought the price on the Slimdevices front page
included your version of VAT. Thanks anyway, i feel better knowing that
(i think!).
Now i just need to find one in stock :)
Ordered mine direct from Slim Devices... arrived 3 days later... with
an
On 06/12/05, enduser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
ceejay Wrote: don't think thats the right URL? CeejayWorks fine here --
http://tinyurl.com/8luec
lol.. :-)
oops, meant..
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/library016.jpg
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It just occurs to me. On the Mac, as I mentioned previously, the
slimserversql.db is inside the Caches folder of the user library.
Some of the cleaning utilities can, I think, empty all this folder.
So take care, and make a copy of the file before doing deep cleaning.
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Yes, you can use the preamp as a brute-force and simplistic gain
control. I was not saying that you cannot do that. But it mostly not a
good solution for listening to music.
This is a solution that all of the music-listening world uses. You need a
gain control of some sort. Period. If you
dangerous_dom Wrote:
OK, thanks for that. I thought the price on the Slimdevices front page
included your version of VAT. Thanks anyway, i feel better knowing that
(i think!).
Sales Tax (US version of VAT) is a little weird (well, from the POV of
a brit like myself anyway!). Firstly, it
We are shipping huge volumes to the UK, but there is also a great deal
of demand causing the delay. At the moment our US web site indicates
3-5 days, because we are allocating most of production capacity to
clearing the UK backlog.
The quickest way to get one is just get in the queue anywhere
^ WRT this Elpac supply, if I have an SB3 that feeds an outboard DAC and
a generally-revealing system, if I swap the stock wall wart with this
linear supply, will I notice a sound quality improvement?
Are there any drawbacks, such as a buzz/hum from the supply? Do I need
to wire in the SB's
Aaron Zinck Wrote:
Yes, you can use the preamp as a brute-force and simplistic gain
control. I was not saying that you cannot do that. But it mostly not
a
good solution for listening to music.
This is a solution that all of the music-listening world uses. You
need a
gain control of
I don't have a lot of time to spend figuring out the very best way to
talk about something for a company that ripped me off for $200+. Having
almost blown some very expensive speakers with the SB1, I really don't
have any patience left for the raft of digital noise bugs that
apparently still
On the technical side of things, I think there are countless algorithms
for identifying noise and unwanted sounds and many shipping products.
You're thinking is wrong.
While you might have been using a SB for two years, you don't have 25
years of audio background.
I do. And 23+ of it is
I had an LG DVD player blow the tweeters out of my $1800 speakers.
These things can happen. None of these things are perfect.
LG didn't even bother to respond to our contact about the issue. At
least Slim Devices have been responsive. Hell, you didn't actually
lose anything anyway - only
I ordered a couple directly from SlimDevices on 26/11 and I got a
message on 30/11 informing me of a delay. It also said orders would be
filled in the order received. Then on 5/12 another message saying the
units would be shipped in the next day or so. Hope to get them by the
end of the week.
enduser Wrote:
This glitch also occurs once in a while with a new SB3 plugged into a
wall outlet at room temp.
Sean, is it worth my submitting a bug for this? Sounds like the
problem is at least somewhat common and happens in a variety of
conditions.
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As digital data is present on the server (for the most part) before
being sent to the SB, what would be useful is a scanner that looks for
digital noise in the input stream. This would help the overall signal
chain quite a bit.
As per the OP, this isn't where the problem originated.
LavaJoe Wrote:
Sean, is it worth my submitting a bug for this? Sounds like the problem
is at least somewhat common and happens in a variety of conditions.
sure, we'll keep an eye out for it. If there are some steps to
reproduce that would be helpful - kevin is going to give me the rma
when
seanadams Wrote:
sure, we'll keep an eye out for it. If there are some steps to reproduce
that would be helpful - kevin is going to give me the rma when it
arrives.
OK, sounds good - I'll file it later today. Actually, I'm shipping
back the newest one I received and only had in the car for
Duman Wrote:
I'm a lawyer, and your notions of the privacy laws are indisputably
incorrect. Posting the order number generates no liability for Slim
Devices. Drop the red herring.
You obviously want to air and resolve your grievances, since you posted
to the forum. So PLEASE offer at
Hi Hugh
The output should be strong enough to do that. There is an internal
resistance of about 50R (from the analog switch HC4066) but that should
not impose a problem. I also do not see a problem having the output
turned on all the time while SB is on.
But right now (as of current firmware
seanadams Wrote:
You just posted unsubstatiated libel on a company's public forum.
I posted AN order number merely to indicate that *I* know who you are,
and that, astoundingly, you continue to buy our products.
You seem quite concerned about the law; that's great - me too. I would
See attached picture, I mounted the SB3 on the wall at the weekend
whilst the wife was decorating the Christmas tree :)
Took about 30-45mins. I printed out the template, cut out the dark
area and then traced this on to the wall. Then put masking tape around
the edges to protect the wall, and
Quoting enduser [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Do I need to play little games? No. I had a bad experience with you and
your company. It was real. It continues. I have plenty of facts.
Please feel free to share those facts. I am guessing that by now, many
people would be more than happy to see those
snarlydwarf Wrote:
Heck, I'd settle for, Hey, guys, how come my SB does whatever and how
do I make it not do that?
It's amazing the sort of responses you get here when you're actually
polite and ask for help. It certainly works better than flailing your
arms around calling everyone liars
As someone who is NOT a Slim employee (gotta clarify that lest I get
some legal threats this way), but as someone who reads these forums and
participates in the Slim community, let me ask (beg?) all of you -- stop
feeding this troll.
He clearly thrives on playing the martyr in public and crying
kdf Wrote:
Quoting enduser enduser.1zn40n (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com:
Do I need to play little games? No. I had a bad experience with you
and
your company. It was real. It continues. I have plenty of facts.
Please feel free to share those facts. I am guessing that by
Dude, if you're going to air your grievances on a public thread, give us your entire side of the story, including your alleged facts. Otherwise, you're just wasting everyone's time, your own included.
On 12/6/05, enduser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
seanadams Wrote: You just posted unsubstatiated
Hi,
I have 2 SB3's on order and look forward to recieving them in the next
few days!
One will be feeding my main system (Arcam Alpha 9 + Missions)
The second will need to be setup with powered speakers and I was
wondering if anyone is using or has used the M-Audio DX4's and has any
comments on
enduser,
I apologize for all the frustrations you've experienced in dealing with
our company.
You are absolutely correct, SB1 has bugs which remain open to this
day.
Sorry again, and thank you for your understanding.
Sean
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seanadams Wrote:
enduser,
I apologize for all the frustrations you've experienced in dealing with
our company.
You are absolutely correct, SB1 has bugs which remain open to this
day.
Sorry again, and thank you for your understanding.
SeanSean,
Thank you for your apology. I do
seanadams Wrote:
sure, we'll keep an eye out for it. If there are some steps to reproduce
that would be helpful - kevin is going to give me the rma when it
arrives.
I just filed:
Bug 2690: Display intermittently corrupted on power-on
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i saw this as well, but the press release doesn't mention anything about it
being based on a tripath chip - did you confirm this? although, a 99$
digital amp these days *has* to be tripath i guess. interesting stuff
nonetheless.
- Original Message -
From: nicketynick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here we go again
US price = USD
Add 30USD shipping.
Then divide by an exchange rate. Let's call it 1GBP:1.7USD.
Add VAT @ 17.5%.
Add the VAT collection fee charged by the courier. It's about a tenner.
Bingo. Same price.
No one in the UK is being shafted. It's deliberately priced at parity
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