Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
This is Android. The Settings menu that opens when you press the menu key is part of the App UI, not the phone UI. Most Android Apps have such a menu level. --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free

Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
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Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread callesoroe
Jeff_G wrote: As I've not found a good network player to replace my SB3, I've decided to go for the Touch or possibly Transporter. I am not into building stuff, so it's between these two. Does anybody own both? I'd like to know whether there would be an advantage paying extra for the

Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
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Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

2014-10-12 Thread bernid
Please write what are the news about the project? I see that the latest information was published three months ago. I still have hope that the project is not dead :-) bernid's Profile:

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread dafiend
callesoroe wrote: If you have a very good setup, you will need a DAC to the touch. You do not with Transporter, as it has a very very fine sounding DAC. Can you present any evidence to support this claim? --- German computer magazine measured the Touch's audio output some time ago (2012,

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread Jeff_G
callesoroe wrote: If you have a very good setup, you will need a DAC to the touch. You do not with Transporter, as it has a very very fine sounding DAC. And it really look muchs much better. It's a decent set up. Bi-amped Roksan Kandy K2. I've tried tried Arcam and Audiolab DACs with my

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread garym
Jeff_G wrote: It's a decent set up. Bi-amped Roksan Kandy K2. I've tried tried Arcam and Audiolab DACs with my current SB3 and could not hear any difference at all, not one bit. Hence I am a bit sceptical since and I doubt I would notice any difference between the Transporter and the Touch.

Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread Mnyb
Lets introduce the blasphemous idea of going with the specs :) Transporter has very good data better than Touch (but Touch is not bad either ). Even if a component can't be singled out in a listening test it can still add noise and distortion to the whole . Said player/dac will be connected to

Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread Mnyb
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Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread garym
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Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread pablolie
garym wrote: I've not been able to detect a difference between my TOUCH vs TOUCH Benchmark DAC I (connected via S/PDIF coax). It was only a single blind test, but my indentification of what I was listening to turned out to be random. And I have a decent setup. I have a Touch feeding into

Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
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Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread Jeff_G
pablolie wrote: With the Touch alone I'd need some other way of consolidation sources into the power amp. Plus once -albeit many years ago- one of my SB3 during a storm suddenly blasted random noise at 100% volume into active speakers. Thank heavens I had them on 1/3 power, but it was still

Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread Simon_rb
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Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread Mnyb
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Re: [slim] Touch or Transporter?

2014-10-12 Thread Mnyb
Yes there is a re bug in all the ipk3 cpu based squeezeboxes SB2 to Transporter they can emit horrible noise at 100% volume a xlink reset usually fix that . it's very rare it will go years between events . I had it once on an SB3 just once . So some kind of attenuation is a good thing even when

Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
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Re: [slim] iPeng 8 Design Poll

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
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Re: [slim] Use Squeezebox with wireless speakers

2014-10-12 Thread chaug
I just thought I'd update this thread by saying two things: - I got the Xeo speakers and they sound great with the SB Touch feeding them. I'm no longer worried about the left-right balance. - There is, however, one little problem, namely that the (first generation) Xeo speakers run on the

[slim] [Announce]iPeng 8 now on the App Store

2014-10-12 Thread pippin
IPENG 7 IS NOW IPENG 8! With Apple progressing from iOS 7 to iOS 8, iPeng 7 obviously needed an overhaul too. So, I am happy to announce that iPeng 7 is now iPeng 8 and it#8217;s available on the App Store. iPeng 8 is more than just an update to get along with iOS 8 it has been adapted to make