Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-06 Thread carp
aubuti;681846 Wrote: > Does anyone know if this is a general issue with Airplay-based players? Maybe it is not an Airplay-specific issue, but - at least in this case - a drawback of the chipset made by Bridgeco (this is mentioned in the german review). So every Bridgeco-based Airplay device may h

Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread tamanaco
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Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread verypsb
aubuti;681846 Wrote: > Does anyone know if this is a general issue with Airplay-based > players?QUOTE] > > If this is true than Airplay is really, really bad... -- verypsb ::Please vote::: '::bug 1330:: New music should work on creation date' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1330

Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread aubuti
RGibran;681854 Wrote: > No ALAC or AIFF support which is a rather large drawback for a fair % of > their intended market. 'Pioneer's spec sheet' (http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/ephox/StaticFiles/PUSA/Files/N-50%20Single%20Sheet.pdf) contradicts itself on this. In the "Airplay" section it says

Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread Wombat
A german short review already mentioned the lack of gapless playback. Pioneer states it is the chipsets design that can´t do it because of its Airplay compatibility. K.o. criteria for my taste. You may translate this: http://www.digital-room.de/news/airplay-mehr-pioneer-n30-n50 -- Wombat Trans

Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread RGibran
No ALAC or AIFF support which is a rather large drawback for a fair % of their intended market. RG -- RGibran RGibran's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10220 View this thread: http://forums.slimde

[slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread jimzak
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398363,00.asp -- jimzak http://zzzone.net http://have-a-nice-day.org http://www.last.fm/user/zzzoneDOTnet http://somethingsomethingsomething.net Ripper: dBpoweramp Router: Cisco E4200 Server: SBS 7.7.2 - i3 - Win 7 64bit Player: 2 Booms, 1 Radio, 1 Touch

Re: [slim] Pioneer Announces New Networked Audio Players

2012-01-05 Thread aubuti
Wombat;681749 Wrote: > Pioneer states it is the chipsets design that can´t do it because of its > Airplay compatibility. Does anyone know if this is a general issue with Airplay-based players? Because there certainly seems to be a lot action for new equipment using Airplay (and to a lesser exten