Re: [slim] Sonos reforms ....

2014-09-05 Thread pippin
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Re: [slim] Sonos reforms ....

2014-09-05 Thread pippin
The Samsung and LG story is a bit of a different one. Their offerings have a primary use case of send the TV audio to another room. This doesn't allow for active syncing (because that requires additional latency) so they go for low-latency streaming instead which Sonos struggles to to well. I

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread atrocity
StridingEdge wrote: One particular question is - are there any GOOD devices, that people know of, that stream (both from internet and PC) and that combine a player that can handle CD, SACD, DVD-A, CD-R etc etc You might want to look at the Oppo players. They play all the disc formats you

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread StridingEdge
atrocity wrote: You might want to look at the Oppo players. They play all the disc formats you mentioned and do some streaming. As far as I know, streaming from your own library still involves DLNA/UPNP with no gapless playback, though you'd be able to stream multichannel FLAC. They

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread JJZolx
StridingEdge wrote: Yes, bad file it turns out. It wasn't a rant at all, just sheer disappointment. Sheer disappointment in software that is unable to read a bad file? :confused: Anyway... Are you unaware of the many different approaches to creating a Squeezebox equivalent from a small,

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread StridingEdge
JJZolx wrote: Sheer disappointment in software that is unable to read a bad file? :confused: Anyway... Are you unaware of the many different approaches to creating a Squeezebox equivalent from a small, inexpensive computer? It's discussed in many, many threads in these forums. Well I

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread atrocity
StridingEdge wrote: Thanks for that. All my Flac files are stereo (I assume when you said multichannel you were referring to 5.1?) and that's all I want from that side of things. Do the Oppos handle that OK? The Oppos will play 2.0 just fine. But if your taste runs to opera or prog rock or

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread JJZolx
StridingEdge wrote: Well I didn't know that was the cause - had I known what the reason was I wouldn't have asked about it on here would I? Which is what I would do as well. This is a good place to ask such questions. I was commenting on your sheer disappointment. Besides, I was under the

Re: [slim] Alternative to Touch

2014-09-05 Thread StridingEdge
It would make more sense to clear cache as part of the process wouldn't it? What would it matter if it was an automated and combined process? Are there any downsides to that? I might, as new practice clear it every time I do a complete scan from now on. The disappointment was the final straw at