Re: [slim] Legality question... boo... hiss......

2007-07-04 Thread adamslim
of copyright and theft. Not a defence of sharing, just a pedant moment ;) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] Legality question... boo... hiss......

2007-06-30 Thread adamslim
are a strict rule-follower in the UK, the legality of any music you have copied from your own CDs is dubious at best. I suggest you join us chaotic establishment-challengers :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user

Re: Nokia 770 at GBP �81.63 delivered from Expansys

2007-06-29 Thread adamslim
computer table. The remote is only good if I want to play something specific, not for browsing. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists

Nokia 770 at GBP �81.63 delivered from Expansys

2007-06-28 Thread adamslim
Six day delivery, but hey... http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019 All rush at once :) -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http

Re: Nokia 770 at GBP �81.63 delivered from Expansys

2007-06-28 Thread adamslim
don't advise us to buy as your Jive platform is about to have a hardware release? ;) -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 $129 on woot.com now!

2007-06-25 Thread adamslim
Drat it's US-only :( -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top

Re: [slim] File Transfer

2007-06-14 Thread adamslim
to rip and flag all that music again if your system failed screechingly. Then pay the small fraction of that amount that will buy you the backup system!! Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group

Re: [slim] PCM, 16bit, 24bit, 44.1khz, 48khz...

2007-06-11 Thread adamslim
the bit depth is pointless - your DAC probably does this anyway. You can try using DBPowerAmp or (I think) Audacity to perform changes to sample rate and bit depth on your FLAC files - see what you think! Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have

Re: [slim] PSU - Is it worth changing it?

2007-06-11 Thread adamslim
stormy;208094 Wrote: Having had my SB working over the weekend I have to say it sounds superb You have answered your own question :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who

Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin

2007-06-10 Thread adamslim
Marvellous - I'll give it a try as soon as I'm home. Adding to erland's suggestion, do please announce this on the third party plugins forum, which has a little less noise than this general forum :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others

[slim] The joys of SlimServer and AlienBBC

2007-06-10 Thread adamslim
Live' on the BBC website cuts me off. Cue SlimServer - I log into my machine, and use SoftSqueeze to stream the feed via my home SlimServer. The BBC think I'm in the UK, and I get the tennis. I love it when technology actually *works* :) -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't

Re: [slim] Want to copy CD's to iPod or similar.

2007-06-10 Thread adamslim
fussy and anti-big-companies-even-Apple, then you can try a more time-consuming solution, but for now get an iPod and enjoy the music :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who

Re: [slim] Opinions/Suggestions on living room amplifiers/receivers

2007-06-06 Thread adamslim
at least off ebay. Sorry I'm not particularly up on amps in that price range, and anyway I'd probably be recommending some old (classic, of course!) Brit stuff like Creek. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user

Re: [slim] Portable FLAC player?

2007-05-29 Thread adamslim
and can't detect a difference, as I only use it on the train/tube/outside. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] Announcement: PSP Skin

2007-05-28 Thread adamslim
Great that you're working on this :) However, I get all the icons in a vertical line of the left side of the screen, rather than nicely laid out as per the screenshot. PSP has FW 3.10 IIRC. No artwork used. Cheers Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them

Re: [slim] 6.5.2 with old slimdevices logo

2007-05-26 Thread adamslim
I have found out (the hard way) that right-clicking the logo top left on this forum and saving to the C drive (overwriting the nasty logitech one) results in a rubbish-looking small logo. If anyone wants to post a link to the proper logo, please feel free... :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my

Re: [slim] I don't want composer information displayed

2007-05-26 Thread adamslim
You can just delete all the composer tag info using MP3Tag. Take all of 5 seconds. With database info, it's probably better not there than partly there ans not used or checked. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] 6.5.2 with old slimdevices logo

2007-05-26 Thread adamslim
amcluesent;204749 Wrote: Keeping it real :) Cheers mate, pollution removed. After all, I'm hardly going to deed poll myself just to keep up with my devices :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Nokia N91 Control

2007-05-24 Thread adamslim
is much better - at least that doesn't try to connect to the phone network! It's good enough (and has a great battery) that I feel no desire to buy a Nokia 800 yet :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...

2007-05-22 Thread adamslim
Skunk;202766 Wrote: she did and even managed to increase volume So far my wife has only found the volume down controls, at least when it's my music playing! -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm

Re: [slim] Time to see how SlimD's customer sevice is...

2007-05-21 Thread adamslim
a network card myself. Perfect opportunity to open up the toy and have a play :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http

Re: [slim] Suitability for use in professional installations

2007-05-15 Thread adamslim
-- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 screenshot?

2007-05-13 Thread adamslim
RainmanRam;201572 Wrote: I'm starting on a PSP interface and thought I might be able to use it as a guide. Spiffing. I use the PSP to control sometimes, and a better interface would be great :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others

Re: [slim] Audio Libary Management

2007-05-13 Thread adamslim
, rather than just some SB4 that is just kinda different looking but no real change. They could take over the (audio) world. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen

Re: [slim] looking for quiet hi-capacity external HD

2007-05-11 Thread adamslim
may be the next best call. Finally get some vibration dampers like these: http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/caseaccessories/acoustifeet HTH Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group

Re: [slim] New UK Squeezebox3 available

2007-05-10 Thread adamslim
I'm sure you're genuine, but offering 34,000 music files on a hard drive does not seem the most ethical - or copyright-friendly - approach. There are other websites where such transactions are more welcome :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I

Re: [slim] Getting information on tracks playing

2007-05-10 Thread adamslim
) and the possibility of creating a custom tag field for submission that contained info like www.google.co.uk?Beethoven+String+Quartet+131 maybe. Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people

Re: [slim] Opinion about the Audioengine 5's

2007-05-10 Thread adamslim
rarer that you get far more than what you pay for :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don

[slim] Getting information on tracks playing

2007-05-08 Thread adamslim
-- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) To occupy Iraq would

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-05-05 Thread adamslim
This is great - thanks for your work here. I can't really use it, as it insists on controlling my kitchen SB3, but as soon as that is sorted, it will be a stunner - good stuff! Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] As the Vole turns

2007-04-24 Thread adamslim
turns up and castrates you. Any better ones? Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Squeezbox and other new breed of music server solutions

2007-04-23 Thread adamslim
their current devices able to work for networking and computing novices. Oh and a nice two-way communicating remote (or several options, including knobby ones) would be the order of the day. Could just package up a Nokia 800 with a nice skin. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100

Re: [slim] Firmware update each time I switch from SlimServer to SqueezeNetwork

2007-04-22 Thread adamslim
? If there are so many bugs found after 'release', what does that say about SD's testing?!? -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Shipping to United Kingdom

2007-04-20 Thread adamslim
://www.datakits.co.uk/store/slim-devices-squeezebox-black-wireless-network-music-streamer-p-2996.html?osCsid=260edb39881a46e6c8114be57874f4a6 Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti

Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...

2007-04-16 Thread adamslim
and dislike about the experience, it may help others to gain that acceptance. While perhaps the thread could have been titled differently, it does cover important ground. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice

Re: [slim] One more time - Text to Speech?

2007-04-16 Thread adamslim
Idea: Musicbrainz could add phonetic tags to all its artists, so the software could just look up how to say each artist (and, possibly, album and track name). -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs

Re: [slim] The vacuum that is anti-cables

2007-04-16 Thread adamslim
with them was fine. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's

Re: [slim] Wife won't use it...

2007-04-15 Thread adamslim
. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile: http

Re: [slim] running multiple servers on same machine

2007-04-14 Thread adamslim
You could try using Custom Browse and set up something to distinguish the files (say a comment; not sure what would be best to use). Then use different custom browse menus on each. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living

Re: [slim] Accessing my music from work

2007-04-13 Thread adamslim
a blast at copying everything to MP3 but this might be more difficult to synchronise (and is deeply pointless, really!) as I add to the library. Thanks for the ideas! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice

Re: [slim] Accessing my music from work

2007-04-13 Thread adamslim
pocket PC could use an external HD, that would be cool... A -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Accessing my music from work

2007-04-12 Thread adamslim
mapping, but our IT people have not enabled it. Presumably a 'hdd media enclosures that supports flac' is rather more expensive than a £20 USB enclosure... Might just have to stick with the iPod, but at 40GB it never has quite what I want to listen on... Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2

Re: [slim] Is there a lawyer in the house?

2007-04-11 Thread adamslim
they are wrong :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ adamslim's Profile

[slim] Accessing my music from work

2007-04-11 Thread adamslim
or player without admin rights. Anyone have any ideas how I can get round this? Cheers Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Accessing my music from work

2007-04-11 Thread adamslim
(usually several times a day), despite the fact that the router is always on. My ISP charges for a fixed IP. Do you think it's worth trying (i.e. that work will be a dyndns blocker rather than a port blocker)? Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric

Re: [slim] Accessing my music from work

2007-04-11 Thread adamslim
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Re: [slim] wavefinder/dvb help

2007-04-11 Thread adamslim
bitrate (256kbps IIRC), sound is not truly marvellous! FM is much better :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] wavefinder/dvb help

2007-04-11 Thread adamslim
only. It would be a nice feature if SD sorted it to play audio from DAB and/or DVB cards. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Why is is?

2007-04-08 Thread adamslim
Yeah I installed over the top of previous versions with no loss of settings. WinXP, 6.5.1 over 6.5.0, worked fine. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

2007-04-03 Thread adamslim
to abandon the traditional download approach for all of those advantages - all for just 25% more than the download price. Bargain! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http

Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on

2007-04-03 Thread adamslim
as you don't have a serious dual-SLI graphics card setup, it won't be that high in power usage. Give up flying and spend the carbon on convenience! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost

Re: [slim] Browse Library - Genre questions

2007-04-03 Thread adamslim
MP3Tag - under 'server settings - behaviour' there is an option for what to show based on genre browsing, but it seems to make no difference to me. Anyway, it should never do what you are seeing. So it's a tag thing. HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

2007-04-02 Thread adamslim
Great: $1.29 vs £0.99, when the exchange rate is 1.97. Probably not lossless (?). Twice the price of a CD and worse quality - I think I'll pass :( Linn seem to be leading the way, but even these cost more than their SACDs. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel

Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

2007-04-01 Thread adamslim
as £1,300, the current UK retail (actually a little less), so at £1,700 there would be no incentive to buy in the UK at all. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http

Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on

2007-03-31 Thread adamslim
upgrades. I do this, on a Win XP machine that is on 24/7. It's generally up for more than a week at a time. Relying on the computer may not be so bad! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost

Re: [slim] Logitech Branding

2007-03-31 Thread adamslim
reconceptualisation was not enabled. drewe181;191695 Wrote: perhiphials(sp?). That is, indeed, one of the worst spelling of peripherals I've ever seen :) Might I recommend Firefox, a browser that comes with a spell checker? ;) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX

Re: [slim] Apple TV Competition?

2007-03-29 Thread adamslim
user interface a joy to use. The remote is fine, but the web interface is not suitable as the end-user consumer interface. If third parties can do it (Nokia 770), why can't SD? I reckon the Logitech acquisition will improve both of these, but we'll see. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2

Re: [slim] mp3 player to go with sb3?

2007-03-20 Thread adamslim
You can put FLACs on a portable player with Rockbox. It's clearly utterly stupid, as there's no way I can tell the difference when I'm on the tube, but I love it anyway! :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-20 Thread adamslim
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Re: [slim] faq.slimdevices.com - Logitech

2007-03-14 Thread adamslim
for some marketing kudos...? ;) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] How to have two music folders

2007-03-13 Thread adamslim
On Windows, just put a shortcut in the scanned one to the other. Similar policies work with Linux and Mac. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user

Re: [slim] Connecting to Slimserver at Work

2007-03-12 Thread adamslim
on the way to work. The other advantage here is that it's a very nice off-site backup system! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

Re: [slim] Non-English file names on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread adamslim
= none to my knowledge Does anyone have any information on what version of Perl Slim currently use, and if there is any intention to move to version 820, which appears to fix this bug and be currently available? Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric

Re: [slim] How to handle a large music collection

2007-02-03 Thread adamslim
Or you could set up genres called Random Easy Listening, say, and use it for random, er, easy listening. Using multiple genre tags is the way forward, I reckon. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium

[slim] Re: How would you like to select which music to play ?

2007-01-29 Thread adamslim
that's what would do it for me :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

[slim] Re: How would you like to select which music to play ?

2007-01-29 Thread adamslim
named Foo that you could filter on, and this track would be Bar. Do you think this is reasonable and/or possible? Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http://www.last.fm/user

[slim] Re: How would you like to select which music to play ?

2007-01-29 Thread adamslim
in!! Bug thing was access to email from work - voted now :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

[slim] Re: Poll: Wired or wireless?

2007-01-28 Thread adamslim
signal strength should be good. There are several other wifis nearby though. If I'd've had to run cables I would have been deeply irritated :) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-25 Thread adamslim
a simpler system. I think that the device driver approach (while useless for me) might work, provided that any delay in sync is fairly small. I've spent ages getting my SB3 working the way I like it (and I have manifested OCD in tagging classical music...), but most won't. Adam -- adamslim SB3

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-24 Thread adamslim
of the SB3 by non-geeks. Install a driver, and whatever is playing on your computer plays on the SB3, with great quality sound -- sales potential increases by an order of magnitude. SD should contract you - a month's work and they can pay you in Transporters! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-24 Thread adamslim
snarlydwarf;173897 Wrote: That would almost certainly be useless for DVD or TV, though. It would be virtually impossible to keep the audio and video synced. Drat! I remain slave to the cables!! -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research

[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?

2007-01-13 Thread adamslim
- and a matter of time. (But I won't buy one - the joy of one-bedroom flats in London!) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim

[slim] Re: web ui poll

2007-01-09 Thread adamslim
the wifi and connecting to the net on each refresh (that would get expensive quite quickly!); anyway it's just too small and slow. The remote is OK, but the web interface is just faster for the way I like to browse. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric

[slim] Upgrading SlimServer version

2007-01-07 Thread adamslim
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[slim] Re: Hitachi Terabyte hard Drive

2007-01-06 Thread adamslim
eventually we could just store the FLACs directly in our brains and then we wouldn't need to listen to them at all :) -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-06 Thread adamslim
; they feed in their CDs, and it looks them up on the internet, and rips them (in ATRAC...). They want a simple solution - not a computer that's on all the time. The Sony works, and they like that. Shame it sounds so c**p! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX

[slim] Re: Introducing..... me!

2007-01-06 Thread adamslim
sounds like a jet aircraft taking off... Even my 14 year-old nephew complains about that!!! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Re: Hitachi Terabyte hard Drive

2007-01-05 Thread adamslim
ezkcdude;167409 Wrote: If you like that, have you heard that Seagate predicts a 37.5TB HDD within a few years? Wow that's precise. Those will be the days that the odd 500GB will be neither here nor there, I feel :) -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX

[slim] Re: on the question of speaker cable

2007-01-05 Thread adamslim
that actually made me order, though, was their rigidity - in my setup, I need to train the cables around the room perimeter, 2-3 feet above floor level. I think I can do this with the Antis when I couldn't with most others. Happily, I have never spent 3k (or even close!) on cables! Adam -- adamslim

[slim] Re: The Ultimate In-Car System

2007-01-04 Thread adamslim
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[slim] Re: Why, Oh Why?

2007-01-04 Thread adamslim
saying 'steal me'... Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Simple Tagging Question: AC/DC

2007-01-03 Thread adamslim
FreeDB is whatever people have submitted, so it has no standard at all. If you get tagging software, such as MP3Tag or Foobar (or even iTunes) you can change your tags to how you prefer. If you have a largish collection, this is essential! Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling

[slim] Re: Can I access music files on more than one computer with one Squeezebox?

2007-01-03 Thread adamslim
... Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View

[slim] Re: Bach to the drawing board......music missing from Slimserver (yet again)

2007-01-02 Thread adamslim
that fails. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

[slim] Re: Can I access music files on more than one computer with one Squeezebox?

2007-01-02 Thread adamslim
it you do want the above scenario - if you want to be able to browse everything, just shove a shortcut in there and it will function as a single library, as SP suggested. -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs

[slim] Re: slimserver not seeing all my music files

2007-01-01 Thread adamslim
examples of what works and what doesn't. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http

[slim] Re: Slimserver stole my Janacek!

2006-12-31 Thread adamslim
. So removing the accents in the filename solves this, and presumably several Eastern Europeans are rather irritated by this bug!! Cheers Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Slimserver stole my Janacek!

2006-12-30 Thread adamslim
to it directly. Any ideas? Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: WMP or itunes to create library

2006-12-29 Thread adamslim
and not changed the CDDB lookup tags, but it's nice when it's finally sorted. Post back with specific problems. iTunes and WMP are best avoided, IMO. HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost

[slim] Re: Various Artists - a request

2006-12-22 Thread adamslim
I'm so glad I have only two compilation albums ;) -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables adamslim's Profile: http

[slim] Re: How long have FAQs been unavailable?

2006-12-19 Thread adamslim
.) I don't find Brian's tone unreasonable. If you do, just ignore him (especially if you're not going to help!!!) Anyway, problem fixed :) -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Re: Any Digital Piano Owners Out There?

2006-12-17 Thread adamslim
the Yamahas, but that's not so important as it's usually used via headphones. HTH Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Re: Audible difference? Transporter versus SB

2006-12-16 Thread adamslim
. (Although I should point out that I normally don't use the tube outs on the CD...) Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Re: Got PC warning: 100% CPU usage w/Slim running!

2006-12-13 Thread adamslim
Ramage;162044 Wrote: Who needs it - use Firefox. Indeed, but note that memory leaks can happen with Firefox (especially with add-ins). I used ForecastFox and found that, when SS was on for a few hours, it got to using over half a gig of memory. That slowed things down a bit... -- adamslim

[slim] Re: Suitable router.....

2006-12-13 Thread adamslim
spend the £60-odd now and get it over with. One product to configure - much the best way. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables

[slim] Transporter improvements?

2006-12-07 Thread adamslim
. - Different backlight options (colours) on the display. This sort of thing makes it much easier for me to get a $2k purchase bribe-free. As it stands the Transporter is Jimmy Choos (plural) only, doubling the price... :( Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX

[slim] Re: Transporter improvements?

2006-12-07 Thread adamslim
in case, even if they're confusing or hard to use. Surely that's what the web interface is for? My SB3 doesn't need buttons, so why on the Transporter? Just to make it uglier? ;) I agree with the handle option and Mark's screen points though Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2

[slim] Re: Internet Radio resolution?

2006-12-07 Thread adamslim
;) On-topic again, there are some internet radio stations of reasonable quality, but I think that, in general terms, it's for background listening. FM is much better quality. -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice

[slim] Re: Transporter improvements?

2006-12-07 Thread adamslim
OK then: nice violet display, metallic finish, knob on the right, double-width display, no buttons, no handles. Then on my next evening in with a nice Sauternes, my credit card is out. How about it Sean? A -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio

[slim] Re: Transporter improvements?

2006-12-07 Thread adamslim
Pale Blue Ego;160563 Wrote: And a pony. 25 quid off? I'd rather have a free SB3 thanks :) Oh and I've already got a trick knob. Can I say that? Oh dear... -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs

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