Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-29 Thread Antoniop
Finally, I purchased a used squeezebox touch on ebay, for about 300 euros. This is not cheap, but it is in a good condition. I'm happy with it so far, sound seems a little bit better than with sb3 and it's of course more nice to use. it's just that I can't have IR blaster to work with it. I'll pos

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-12 Thread Antoniop
riffer wrote: > I even run my Transporter through a DAC (Audio-gd Master 7). What a monster ! I feel ridiculous with my irDAC ! ;-) Good advice too. Thanks Antoniop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-11 Thread riffer
800 Euros is ridiculous. I paid $300 CDN earlier this year for one on Canuck Audio Mart. I'd suggest keeping an eye on ebay, UK / Europe audio mart, what ever online sites you have over there until you can find one at a reasonable price. As for the original question, I even run my Transporter t

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-11 Thread Antoniop
SlimChances wrote: > Assuming 800 Euros is well over $1000 I think you can buy a used Touch > for considerably less money on Ebay. While they seem to be scarcer and > harder to find the price for an auctioned used one should be under $400 > I believe. Also occassionally a forum member has one or

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-11 Thread Statto
Here's another idea for a DAC, plus the spin-off benefit of a portable high-resolution player. It has been collecting rave reviews and likely to tempt me soon! Currently available for just under £300 in the UK, plus the cost of memory cards. http://fiio.com.cn/products/index.aspx?ID=1005551

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-11 Thread SlimChances
Assuming 800 Euros is well over $1000 I think you can buy a used Touch for considerably less money on Ebay. While they seem to be scarcer and harder to find the price for an auctioned used one should be under $400 I believe. Also occassionally a forum member has one or more for sale. The Touch has

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-11 Thread Mnyb
Antoniop wrote: > Yes, you must be right, that may be a good start before buying or > building my own player. > > Truth, I've lot of flacs and some ogg and mp3, all 16/44.1 but I was > thinking about the future. > > > > Smartgain, what's this ? I'm using replaygain. > I think you and Pascal a

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-11 Thread Antoniop
Mnyb wrote: > You can start by audition suitable DAC's and still use the SB3 in the > interim as a transport (its not broken yet is it ?) . > Yes, you must be right, that may be a good start before buying or building my own player. Mnyb wrote: > > The bulk of your music is probabaly bog stand

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-10 Thread Mnyb
You can start by audition suitable DAC's and still use the SB3 in the interim as a transport (its not broken yet is it ?) . The bulk of your music is probabaly bog standard 16/44.1 anyway . Why you try difference sources try to level match them , note different sources have different volume keep

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-10 Thread Pascal Hibon
Antoniop wrote: > > What do you do then for the display and the remote control ? I know any > android device can be used, but it's not so convenient. > > Thanks a lot I use iPeng and SqueezePad to control all my SB's. I also have a 'FLIRC' (http://flirc.tv/) dongle connected to a WB so that I

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-10 Thread Antoniop
Pascal Hibon wrote: > Although a SB Touch is a great player, it certainly is not worth 800 > Euro. > You better buy a 'Wandboard' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101624-Announce-Squeeze-on-Arch-developer-version), > 'Raspberry Pi' (https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home)

Re: [slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-10 Thread Pascal Hibon
Although a SB Touch is a great player, it certainly is not worth 800 Euro. You better buy a 'Wandboard' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?101624-Announce-Squeeze-on-Arch-developer-version), 'Raspberry Pi' (https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home) or other ARM hardware platform

[slim] Squeezebox touch or external DAC ?

2014-06-10 Thread Antoniop
Hi everyone, I currently have a squeezebox 3 that I use for something like 10 years now. I'm very happy with it, the LMS with all the fantastic plugins : trakstat, musicip, irblaster, and so on. It works ok so far but I would look for a better sound, it's notably better when I play the same music