Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital EQ?

2009-10-30 Thread Tripmaster
JohnSwenson;479337 Wrote: From the description this looks like a Baffle Step Correction (BSC) circuit. This compensates for the decrease in bass response when putting a woofer designed for a wide baffle into a narrow baffle. Its not a crossover, its not tailoring the response between two

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch launched!

2009-10-30 Thread elziko
Since it is the last working day of October I decided it may be my last chance to use the RELAUNCH2009 code so I went ahead and ordered a Radio and a Touch. I decided to put two seperate orders in to save any prossible problems with shipping - I didn't want my Radio to egt stuck until my Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch launched!

2009-10-30 Thread dave77
elziko;479472 Wrote: Luckily I had another computer that wasn't logged into the Logitech shop but still had a Touch in the cart - must have been stored in a cookie or something. That one went though just fine and the code was honoured. Ditto, took the plunge and ordered one today :) --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 7.4.2 Updated but Controller does not update

2009-10-30 Thread toby10
aubuti;479292 Wrote: Sorry if this is disappointing, but there is no way that the Touch is arriving Nov 3. The announced release is December, and from the current state of the software and firmware there is no way it is shipping next week. I think Jan 3 would be optimistic. No insider

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 7.4.2 Updated but Controller does not update

2009-10-30 Thread ModelCitizen
Wot, after Christmas? Oh no MC -- ModelCitizen Think the third party Squeeze plugins and applets are important? Then 'vote for bug 14194' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14194) so more can be made. Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as server

2009-10-30 Thread dave77
When I get a Touch i'd like to use it as a server and attach my 500Gb HD to it so I can do away with my current SBS. Some questions! Will my Boom see the Touch and be able to play music from it (i'm sure I read it can but the spec isn't clear) Assuming the above is yes Will the Touch need

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will we ever see an in-car version of the Touch?

2009-10-30 Thread slimfast
dsclar;477030 Wrote: Why not? I've been using a Squeezebox in my car for several years now. It works great. I agree it is a bit of a kluge but it's awesome to have 4000 albums available whenever I want to listen to them and they all play back with uncompressed audio. I can put this

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as server

2009-10-30 Thread aubuti
andyg;479578 Wrote: There is no such thing as standby. But there is off, which like most of the SBs, doesn't really turn it completely off. Does TinySC keep serving if you turn the SBT off via the button on the upper left of the screen? I would think so, but I haven't tried it yet. -- aubuti

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as server

2009-10-30 Thread dave77
andyg;479578 Wrote: There is no such thing as standby. So the Touch will need to be turned on before the Boom will see it? -- dave77 dave77's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=26269 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as server

2009-10-30 Thread Andy Grundman
On Oct 30, 2009, at 12:23 PM, dave77 wrote: andyg;479591 Wrote: If by on you mean plugged in, yes. But TinySC will still be running if you turn it off as in, to clock mode. That's good :) In that same off mode, ahem standby :), can the Touch rotate images from the attached HD as a

[SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter

2009-10-30 Thread gsawdy
I may be mistaken, but my recollection is that the general consensus of the boards is that if one is going to use an external DAC there is no difference sound quality-wise between the SB3 and the Transporter. (Ignoring the neat Displays and the 96k sample rate of the Transporter.) Now there

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Digital out of Touch vs Transporter

2009-10-30 Thread Themis
The digital out of the TP is better than the one of the SB3. This can be measured. The digital out specs of the Touch are between the SB and the TP. The general consensus is that the differences are not audible to the vast majority of users. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Cyrus 8xp -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will we ever see an in-car version of the Touch?

2009-10-30 Thread dsclar
slimfast;479567 Wrote: ... or you could just use a small portable mp3 player like an iPod and hook it into the aux-in jack of a suitable ICE headunit. Or get a headunit that supports iPod directly giving you an interface on the dash, less fiddly. Or just get a headunit that supports USB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will we ever see an in-car version of the Touch?

2009-10-30 Thread Pat Farrell
dsclar wrote: But an ipod won't play FLAC files natively, and even if it did I have 1TB drives filled up with high quality music rips. No mp3's for me other than a few very old things and some old baseball game rips I made. This is silly. My library of 800+ albums, all in flac is well under