Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-19 Thread castalla
philippe_44 wrote: > Unfortunately no. The Airplay 2 protocol is not public. Most devices > that do Airplay 2 do 1 as well, although I’m not sure for Sonos. They > always do things differently Oh well. I guess it'll work with the upnp bridge as other Sonos do ... LMS server: Pi Zero Amp:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-19 Thread philippe_44
castalla wrote: > Well, a whole new box of tricks is n its way Sonos Beam (other-half > can't stand the awful TV speakers any longer) - it's returnable within > 100 days, so no rush to test & return!Can airplay bridge do airplay > 2 ? Unfortunately no. The Airplay 2 protocol is not

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-19 Thread castalla
philippe_44 wrote: > Amazon is pretty closed from that point of view. These Riva speakers I > mentionned the other are pretty interesting wrt to versatility. Sound is > not bad, but I won't call it great, at least for the Arena. Well, a whole new box of tricks is n its way Sonos Beam

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-18 Thread castalla
philippe_44 wrote: > Yeah, I have around 10, you win by a fair margin :-). My preferred are > my modified Booms with battery and next it seems that these Riva will > soon be in a good position What I don't understand is why no-one has come up with wifi headphones (I don't mean the RF type) but

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-18 Thread philippe_44
Yeah, I have around 10, you win by a fair margin :-). My preferred are my modified Booms with battery and next it seems that these Riva will soon be in a good position LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-18 Thread castalla
philippe_44 wrote: > ok - I need to ask: how many speakers/devices do you have (I think I > have many, but you probably beat me by a -very- large amount :)) It's about 18 - mainly powered by your excellent bridges! One of my favourites is the small portable GGMM E2. LMS server: Pi Zero

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-17 Thread philippe_44
castalla wrote: > Sennheisers arrived today - good sound from Echo Dot playing Spotify ok - I need to ask: how many speakers/devices do you have (I think I have many, but you probably beat me by a -very- large amount :)) LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-14 Thread castalla
Sennheisers arrived today - good sound from Echo Dot playing Spotify LMS server: Pi Zero Amp: Denon PMA-50 Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios, Sonos, Libratone Zipp, GGMM O2 & O3, Yamaha WXAD-010, Loewe Airspeaker, Google Home Mini, Pioneer WX-SMA1, O2 Joggler, Cisco Joggler

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-12 Thread castalla
bakker_be wrote: > The only experience I have with AKG is a wired set, the K72, which is > quite affordable and quite pleasant to listen to, although a bit "lean" Gone for Sennheiser 4.40 cheap price! LMS server: Pi Zero Amp: Denon PMA-50 Players/Speakers: Touch, Logitech Radios,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-12 Thread bakker_be
castalla wrote: > Thanks ... but not my style! Looking at AKG cans - any thoughts? The only experience I have with AKG is a wired set, the K72, which is quite affordable and quite pleasant to listen to, although a bit "lean" Main System: Touch; Marantz SR-5004 + TMA Premium 905 + TMA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-12 Thread castalla
bakker_be wrote: > These > (https://www.gearbest.com/sports-fitness-headphones/pp_560728.html) are > quite OK, won't break the bank, support AptX (even though it's not > mentioned) and are weatherproof to boot :) I use them myself when > working out, biking, gardening ... Thanks ... but not my

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-12 Thread bakker_be
castalla wrote: > Thanks for that. > > My project has stalled as I'm now hunting for a decent bt headphone set > for classical ... folk music genre. Not easy to find something which > doesn't break the budget (given the GBP has crashed even lower on brexit > nonsense)! The online video

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-11 Thread drmatt
castalla wrote: > Nice ... but not BT & won't get past the family finance director!There is a > BT version too, as you no doubt know. Worth the money! -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-11 Thread castalla
drmatt wrote: > I got some over ear (wired) sennheiser momentum ii and suspect they can > handle whatever you throw at them. > > > -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- Nice ... but not BT & won't get past the family finance director! LMS server: Pi Zero Amp: Denon PMA-50

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-11 Thread drmatt
I got some over ear (wired) sennheiser momentum ii and suspect they can handle whatever you throw at them. -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-11 Thread castalla
drmatt wrote: > Seems to be another thread on this at the moment too. Short answer is > no. Most of the usb power packs either don't support power pass-through > or they momentarily drop power output when the input power changes > state, making them perfectly legit chargers for batteries, but

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-08-11 Thread drmatt
Seems to be another thread on this at the moment too. Short answer is no. Most of the usb power packs either don't support power pass-through or they momentarily drop power output when the input power changes state, making them perfectly legit chargers for batteries, but terrible UPSs. They

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-07-29 Thread castalla
GRC wrote: > Not sure why you want to do this but if you want a UPS why not buy a > small one, available for about £50 on Amazon? You could probably run > some other stuff from it as well, and it would last longer than 5 > minutes. Problems with physical space - nowhere to hide another ugly

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Battery power for Touch - suitable power pack?

2018-07-29 Thread GRC
Not sure why you want to do this but if you want a UPS why not buy a small one, available for about £50 on Amazon? You could probably run some other stuff from it as well, and it would last longer than 5 minutes. -Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it ...- Server = iMac Sierra