Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-15 Thread sbb
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput This might work Others use it to connect their touch to a USB DAC Your device holds a USB DAC (even if it's boxed insided active speakers), so this might work easy to install,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-15 Thread agillis
turbot fiend wrote: Resurrecting this thread. Does anyone know if I can connect BW MM1 powered speakers (built in DAC) to an SB Classic? MM1s only have USB connect for digital via PC/MAC, although one can use a spearate aux jack in for analogue. I want to connect directly to streamer -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-14 Thread turbot fiend
JohnSwenson wrote: Unfortunately there is no such thing as a S/PDIF to USB adapter, it's called a computer! This is a complex task and nobody has yet got it down to the level of adapter. To do this takes a computer with some specialized software. It is particularly interesting if the USB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-14 Thread Julf
turbot fiend wrote: Interesting that you can get PC connected usb out to spdif converters, but not vice versa. That is pretty easy, as spdif is a simple, one-way link, whereas USB requires a lot of smart handshaking. A spdif data stream is just audio, whereas the data over USB can be pretty

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-12 Thread turbot fiend
Resurrecting this thread. Does anyone know if I can connect BW MM1 powered speakers (built in DAC) to an SB Classic? MM1s only have USB connect for digital via PC/MAC, although one can use a spearate aux jack in for analogue. I want to connect directly to streamer - this is for a bedroom

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-07-12 Thread JohnSwenson
turbot fiend wrote: Resurrecting this thread. Does anyone know if I can connect BW MM1 powered speakers (built in DAC) to an SB Classic? MM1s only have USB connect for digital via PC/MAC, although one can use a spearate aux jack in for analogue. I want to connect directly to streamer -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread jimbobvfr400
In theory as long as the usb DAC was compatible couldn't they work using Triodes EDO app? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD jimbobvfr400's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56857 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread garym
jimbobvfr400 wrote: In theory as long as the usb DAC was compatible couldn't they work using Triodes EDO app? Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk HD I thought you were asking about USB speakers not a DAC. Are these USB speakers that have a built in DAC? If so, maybe I suppose, since you

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread jimbobvfr400
Well I have a very limited understanding but AFAIK USB speakers would have to have a DAC of some sort wouldn't they? OP do you have specific speakers in mind at all? Sent from my HTC Vision using Tapatalk 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread aubuti
jimbobvfr400 wrote: Well I have a very limited understanding but AFAIK USB speakers would have to have a DAC of some sort wouldn't they? Not necessarily. A lot of USB computer speakers use the DAC on the computer's sound card.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread Mnyb
aubuti wrote: Not necessarily. A lot of USB computer speakers use the DAC on the computer's sound card. Realyy can you send analog signals down the USB cable ?!? huh Btw the whole idea is bit odd like towing a caravan with your Ferrari ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread garym
Mnyb wrote: Realyy can you send analog signals down the USB cable ?!? huh Btw the whole idea is bit odd like towing a caravan with your Ferrari ? yeah, I have no clue about how USB speakers work, but agree it seems odd to want to connect USB speakers to a TOUCH, unless there's some sort of

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread aubuti
Mnyb wrote: Realyy can you send analog signals down the USB cable ?!? huh I dunno, maybe there is a DAC in these US$10 speakers? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836150064Tpk=CA-2016wb I assumed that if I could electricity down a USB cable (eg, to charge my phone or iPod)

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread jfo
aubuti wrote: I dunno, maybe there is a DAC in these US$10 speakers? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836150064Tpk=CA-2016wb I assumed that if I could electricity down a USB cable (eg, to charge my phone or iPod) that I could also send analog audio signals, but I don't

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-04 Thread aubuti
jfo wrote: They use a 3.5mm jack to connect to the source. USB is power only it appears. Ah, good eye. That explains things for those speakers at least. aubuti's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB speakers connected directly to touch?

2013-03-02 Thread garym
bengaldave wrote: Hello, Can I plug usb speakers directly into the touch? If so, which speakers are recommended? Thanks in advance no, unless some hacking is available of which I'm not aware. garym's Profile: