Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Parts express power supply

2011-01-11 Thread Phil Leigh
Rick58;601807 Wrote: > but this guy agrees with you > http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-Review#comment-55399 > > > and the overall article > http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-Review > is very interesting. > > ... (from that r

[SlimDevices: Touch] A Sirius problem

2011-01-11 Thread cjfreitag
Recently I am getting constant interruptions in playback when I listen to the Sirius app. The message that comes up is "You are no longer authorized to listen." I hit the Play button again and it starts up. How can I avoid these interruptions? It's not my account...using the iPhone or web version

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Bryan Jan
HI all, Installed the Mod2.0 last night, I have to increase the buffer to 4800 to totally eliminate the pop. The 2.0 is much more easy to install even though I'm new to linux. The big step improvement over the 1.0, I hear better bass definition & clearer high. Highly recommended. Thanks & app

[SlimDevices: Touch] Saving Favorite Station Ends up on Seprate List

2011-01-11 Thread Audiofile
After saving a number of radio stations from the SB Touch with no problems to my favorites list and they appear on SB server, a couple of stations have gotten saved to a different list and not on the SB server. I do not know why this happens. How do always add stations to the same favorites folde

[SlimDevices: Touch] updating software

2011-01-11 Thread scooot
hi, my touch asks me to update to 7.5.1.i dont update because my qnap is runing 7.5.0.so if i update touch to 7.5.1 i can only access mysqueezebox.com,to find my music folder on the qnap i have to downgrade back to 7.5.0. squezeserver is telling me that 7.5.2 is available.if i put this on the qnap

[SlimDevices: Touch] Adding Touch to Airport Extreme network (with NAS) ?

2011-01-11 Thread Rick58
SORRY if this topic has been beaten to death ... I currently have a Boxee Box, have 99% decided to return it and get a Touch, as my main interest is streaming 24/96 stereo audio to my Cambridge 840C CD player's external DAC inputs. The 'Box' is not quite there yet, is really designed mainly for v

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Parts express power supply

2011-01-11 Thread Rick58
praganj;601637 Wrote: > Try a psu with Super Teddy Reg :) but this guy agrees with you http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-Review#comment-55399 and the overall article http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-Review is very interesting.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread scooot
hi welom, i can't give you the answer you are looking for only to say i am still using wlan and have the buffer set to 3600 with no problems so far.i only did mods last night but have listened to about 4 hours of music.regards scott -- scooot

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Server not streaming to SB Touch

2011-01-11 Thread Slimquest
Mnyb, thanks for quick response. Can only input IP without port and does not work. Cannot find 'firewall' settings on QNAP. Is it 'Network Access Protection'? If so it's greyed out. -- Slimquest Slimquest's Profile: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread welom
Hello Klaus! thank you for making the mods available! Just wanted to share my experience with the Alsa buffer-setting: Had to change the suggested 3600us to 8000us (I'm not sure about 7000us, but 6000us definitely did not work in my setup). Does this probably have to do with the fact, that I'

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Server not streaming to SB Touch

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb
Try without the port number 192.168.1.75 you should in fact not include a port number here, btw 9001 it's only the web-UI . The server should be discovered anyway ? if it is coneted to mysb.com what happens if you choose "my music" Is port 3483 tcp/udp truly open on the NAS turn off its firewall

[SlimDevices: Touch] SB Server not streaming to SB Touch

2011-01-11 Thread Slimquest
I am new to this forum but have had a good look for a solution to my problem without success so any help much appreciated. I have recently purchased a SB Touch to replace my SB Classic. The SB Classic was happily receiving streamed music over the ethernet LAN from the latest version (7.5.2)of SBS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Paa
Hi all, I've been testing the mods since sunday and they are very impressive. More clean sound and treble extension (which I cannot explain). 24/96 works with no problems at all. The wifi has significant negative impact. My suggestion is to use two routers in bridge mode. I use two airport extr

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread sckramer
Hello Klaus, Nice work on these mods! Music gets even more relaxed with them flipped on! Do you think it could be possible to turn the screen driver back on without a reboot? and possibly tie that to a remote control button press? (basically one of the screen savers you can cycle through) that wo

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread guidof
soundcheck;601644 Wrote: > All modification are of cumulative nature. Some of them got more some > less impact. That's right. ;) > That's why I'm saying if you can't run wired or with screen off - don't > expect huge jumps. > Many people asked for WLAN on/off though. I wasn't really happy with

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] ayre QB9 + touch USB

2011-01-11 Thread soundcheck
It's probably the Linux Alsa USB driver. It is really old. And might cause problems with asynchronous DACs. If I recall it correctly John Svensson handed in a patched driver quite some time ago. I'm not sure if it never made it into the firmware. Let see if it ever will, respectively if Logite

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How do I get the Touch Keyboard search up

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb
Wirrunna;601623 Wrote: > Mynb, thank you again. > Downloaded the fab...bin files into C:\Program > Files\Squeezebox\server\Firmware , which did not have any fab...bin > files although other hardware was well represented. > Restarted the server and my Touch immediately asked permission to > instal

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Problem with buffering

2011-01-11 Thread BTHOEM
Thank you all for suggestions - will test. But can it be as simple as this...? My friend says he rebooted the Touch and when he controls the music from the Touch, almost no stuttering/ buffering - on wireless. But when he controls it from the iPad application (Sqeezepad), then the problem starts

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant get SoX upsampling to work - pulling my hair out...Numpties Guide please?

2011-01-11 Thread brodeur
Mnyb;583224 Wrote: > Yes any squeezebox at 100% volume automatically pads the 16bit word with > 8 bits making it 24bit . > > The spdif standard is so that if the DAC can't handle it, it disregards > the 8 extra bit's, so this is within the spdif spec still compatible > with all DAC's . > > *96/

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread soundcheck
slackhead;601629 Wrote: > I guess that switching off the wireless and the screen is probably > contributing significantly. > All modification are of cumulative nature. Some of them got more some less impact. That's right. ;) That's why I'm saying if you can't run wired or with screen off -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Parts express power supply

2011-01-11 Thread praganj
Try a psu with Super Teddy Reg :) -- praganj praganj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82128

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread slackhead
Klaus, Very big thank you for making these mods open to us all. I found your instructions just fine, although i'm probably a little more tech savy with this kind of things than a lot of people here. What I didn't expect was quite how big the impact your changes have had. I played around with s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread soundcheck
Phil Leigh;601574 Wrote: > I'd like to understand the thinking behind the buffer sizing... why > should this impact anything? Dear Phil. Just try it - I made it very easy for you and others to change values. You can do simple ABX testing on any of the mods I present. And if you can't hear or m

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How do I get the Touch Keyboard search up

2011-01-11 Thread Wirrunna
Mynb, thank you again. Downloaded the fab...bin files into C:\Program Files\Squeezebox\server\Firmware , which did not have any fab...bin files although other hardware was well represented. Restarted the server and my Touch immediately asked permission to install new software. It now shows Firmwar

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb
Phil Leigh;601609 Wrote: > Thanks. I still can't see why reducing the buffer size would improve > audio. The CPU utilisation is unchanged. Memory is not being paged > out/page faulting. > > If anything, the system will be under more strain/risk trying to manage > a buffer that is "on the edge"..

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How do I get the Touch Keyboard search up

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb
Wirrunna;601607 Wrote: > Once more you are correct. In SBS Settings, Advanced, Software Updates > and Automatic Download were turned off. I have just turned them on and > restarted the server. What happens next ? Will the 7.6 firmware be > downloaded ? Can it be downloaded independently to the se

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Phil Leigh
Mnyb;601590 Wrote: > Also this discussion > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82670&highlight=SB+Touch%3A+Alsa+Buffer+Size+Settings Thanks. I still can't see why reducing the buffer size would improve audio. The CPU utilisation is unchanged. Memory is not being paged out/page fau

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How do I get the Touch Keyboard search up

2011-01-11 Thread Wirrunna
Mnyb;601564 Wrote: > Something is odd anyway why have not your Touch upgraded to a 7.6 > firmware ? > You are running a beta server , but not the associated firmware . > Your fw is for the 7.5.1 release > > Windows is different in some ways , you have probably turned of auto > updates directly s

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb
Phil Leigh;601574 Wrote: > I'd like to understand the thinking behind the buffer sizing... why > should this impact anything? Also this discussion http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82670&highlight=SB+Touch%3A+Alsa+Buffer+Size+Settings -- Mnyb ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Mnyb
Phil Leigh;601574 Wrote: > I'd like to understand the thinking behind the buffer sizing... why > should this impact anything? Look here : http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13890 The devs don't really know why, yet . But they have to make it work for all supported sample rates . The

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread Phil Leigh
I'd like to understand the thinking behind the buffer sizing... why should this impact anything? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(A

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch mods from Soundcheck no more available

2011-01-11 Thread soundcheck
rgro;601495 Wrote: > For me, it was moving up one in the root directory that wasn't clear. I > easily copied the file over to the directory that came up on the right > side of the browser window (and you have to remember to set the browser > window to Commander mode, otherwise you only get one p