Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
drmatt wrote: > As a long time devotee of LMS I say stick with the SBT there's nothing > wrong with it, particularly as a digital source. Modify the sound to > your taste with an offboard DAC. The Chord FPGA-based DACs make a > noticeable difference, but I've gone with a Mytek myself. > > Also

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread drmatt
All it really requires is a fairly skilled DSP programmer to come up with a vinyl simulator and we're done. Probably just needs a random low frequency rumble adding, boost and blur the bass temporally, roll off the treble and compress the dynamics to about 60db dynamic range and you are *sorted*.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread drmatt
toolapcblack wrote: > better to stick than twist then! > > yeah i get all the tech i am an electronics engineer and have contracted > for some high end manufacturers in my past(worked for ATC for a while & > spent a considerable amount of time in their listening room, dont think > they liked it

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread Apesbrain
toolapcblack wrote: > I purchased a music hall turntable a few years back and that sounds > better than any Digital format i have ever heard it's just a bit of > hassle changing sides cleaning the cart and winding down the clamp every > 20mins when we have been used to over 75mins albums on the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread edwin2006
toolapcblack wrote: > thanks for the reply > does this improve the sound quality from what i have though or is just > the same? I am looking for an improvement Well, sound is a personal thing. My observation was that I liked the pi/hifiberry more than the touch *SqueezeBoxes:* 2x SB2 (Living

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread Apesbrain
drmatt wrote: > The only significant advances in the last few years (because anything > digital is more or less essentially perfect already, and so much better > than vinyl or tape it's not even amusing) is class D amplification > (which will mainly improve efficiency rather than performance),

Re: [slim] Grace Digital Mondo+ (Plus)

2018-04-09 Thread usc95
Have you tried Philippes Chromecast Bridge plugin? Does LMS see it when running the plugin? usc95's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59694 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Tidal and Deezer and LMS on sonicTransporter and rendu series music players

2018-04-09 Thread agillis
I'm not 100% sure. A customer told me Tidal was not show up and you told him he needed that latest LMS to fix it. I released the update to the latest LMS and TIDAL started working for him. rip, tag, get cover artÂ… All you do is insert the CD! http://vortexbox.org agillis Lead Developer

Re: [slim] Tidal and Deezer and LMS on sonicTransporter and rendu series music players

2018-04-09 Thread agillis
left channel wrote: > Apparently the "sonicTransporter series" includes the microJukebox? > > Upgraded: > drivemounter.noarch 1.0-16.fc22 > logitechmediaserver.noarch 1:7.9.1-0.7.20180404git1522249619.fc22 > logitechmediaserver-firmware-ip3k.noarch > 1:7.9.1-0.7.20180404git1522249619.fc22

Re: [slim] Grace Digital Mondo+ (Plus)

2018-04-09 Thread RJ_Make
Apesbrain wrote: > Should work with the Chromecast plug-in: > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?104614-Announce-CastBridge-integrate-Chromecast-players-with-LMS-(squeeze2cast) > > Report back if you give it a try. So I wound up purchasing it, and while it has a fair amount of

Re: [slim] Tidal and Deezer and LMS on sonicTransporter and rendu series music players

2018-04-09 Thread Michael Herger
I'm not 100% sure. A customer told me Tidal was not show up and you told him he needed that latest LMS to fix it. I released the update to the latest LMS and TIDAL started working for him. Oh, that. That wasn't a bug, but kind of a premature optimization, punishing people without any physical

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread edwin2006
Did you try a pi3 with hifiberry? Simpel and pretty good sound quality. You could use the touch than as controller. *SqueezeBoxes:* 2x SB2 (Living room and study), 1x Radio (Kitchen), 1x Boom (Dining room), 1x piCorePlayer (jacuzzi), 1x piCorePlayer (Garden) 1x OSMC + Squeezelite (Movie room),

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread alfista
What are the purpose of the change? To have a more expensive system or some added functionality? alfista's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32396 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread d6jg
If you don't want to build it yourself then you can buy a pre-built Pi3 with DAC from here https://www.allo.com/sparky-eu/boss-player.html You would need the Max2Play option (or swap the SD card out for piCorePlayer) which then gives you a fully functional Squeeze device which can either be

[slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
Hi all, so i am a long time user of the SBT (must be over 6 years currently with EDO) i have used it with lots of the tweaks back in the day then i just factory reset it and found it didn't really make much difference to my ears! i have also used it with a few cheaper DACs(leema, MF & a few other

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
alfista wrote: > What are the purpose of the change? To have a more expensive system or > some added functionality? Neither i always try and improve the sound quality(the detail +dynamics), if it costs more so be it but sometimes i have found out that cheaper is indeed an improvement for

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread toolapcblack
edwin2006 wrote: > Did you try a pi3 with hifiberry? Simpel and pretty good sound quality. > You could use the touch than as controller. thanks for the reply does this improve the sound quality from what i have though or is just the same? I am looking for an improvement

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Touch upgrade

2018-04-09 Thread drmatt
As a long time devotee of LMS I say stick with the SBT there's nothing wrong with it, particularly as a digital source. Modify the sound to your taste with an offboard DAC. The Chord FPGA-based DACs make a noticeable difference, but I've gone with a Mytek myself. -Transcoded from Matt's brain