Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Anything better than the SBT?

2019-01-21 Thread Mnyb
Forgot to say i did replace my own SBT's with raspi with a digi+ HAT and one HAT DAC board forgat what it was .. So i can use 2 squeezelite instances as players and uppsampling in software etc and soem other stuff i wanted to experiment with . So with a PI you can fool around with a lot of

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Anything better than the SBT?

2019-01-21 Thread Mnyb
celo wrote: > I keep coming back asking this question. > > Is there anything better than SBT currently? The technology has improved > a lot so there must be something better, right? No? > > I didn’t do a big changes/tries but I couldn’t really tell any > difference between SBT, Allo Digione,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No sound - headphones "wake" it temporarily

2019-01-13 Thread Mnyb
Haven’t tried that with my Touch . Radio or Boom silenced the speakers when a headphones where plugged in . Unsure if Touch do mute the other outputs with headphones in. Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No sound - headphones "wake" it temporarily

2019-01-13 Thread Mnyb
Your AV receiver does not have optical in ?? One basic test is if you can see any light in the optical out ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] No sound - headphones "wake" it temporarily

2019-01-13 Thread Mnyb
Must be some electrical and/or mechanical problem . All outputs are active at the same time digitla coax opto analog and headphones Did you try the optical output ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering during playback of one 192 file

2019-01-09 Thread Mnyb
sgmlaw wrote: > These WAV bandwidth and storage arguments are so 2003. Anyone having an > issue moving a WAV stream around wirelessly in 2019 needs to get a new > router. > > Most of these audio file formats and their resulting streams are a > trickle compared to even a 1080i file video

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best Quality

2018-12-31 Thread Mnyb
Recoveryone wrote: > I would agree, I just didn't want to start a new thread needlessly. The > debate on quality sound from the master recording to Vinyl, CD, or > Digital d/l will always be subjective to individual taste and equipment > being used to listen to any recording. But in the end, a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best Quality

2018-12-30 Thread Mnyb
Recoveryone wrote: > I know this is an old thread, but I didn't want to start another thread > needlessly. I often read about the issues that happen with LMS and dying > units, but I would like to show how this unit shines when working > properly working. This is a sample of my 2 channel setup;

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Advice on Touch and headphone amp

2018-12-24 Thread Mnyb
Hit here i got good resultat with a violeöectric ha v90 . http://violectric-usa.com/headphone-amplifiers These have RCA pastrough , solves you conection problem . And gain settings via jumpers and are really good Amps .

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering during playback of one 192 file

2018-12-24 Thread Mnyb
Try FLAC ? My experience with Touch is that , your lucky if 24/96 works on wifi without some dropouts now and then . Innthe end i wired the Touch ( and the server is ofcourse wired ) Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Lost Gapless Playback of MP3

2018-12-07 Thread Mnyb
It also depends on the encoder/decoder . Use lame then your safe . But I’m getting old too maybe the oldest buggiest encoders are out of active use , but if you have an very old file it could have been done with bad encoder .

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] What causes a Touch to spontaneously reboot?

2018-12-07 Thread Mnyb
Power supply? Loose connection to or from the supply? Check the connector into the Touch Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] direct connection of ssd

2018-10-06 Thread Mnyb
It’s worth mentioning that you can easily transcode wav to flac and vice versa no actuall need to rerip. However if you have no tags at all ( ripping to wav with old windows media player for example ). There are probably mass tagging possibilities in some software . So rerip can be faster if the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2018-09-16 Thread Mnyb
Stratmangler wrote: > It would help. > The wireless adapter isn't up to handling sample rates above 96kHz. I would say even with 24/96 and whithout EDO i finaly decided to wire my players except the radio Main hifi: Touch

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2018-09-11 Thread Mnyb
toby10 wrote: > Your issue is unlikely related to EDO. More likely your network or > transcoding or LMS issue or ISP throttling. WiFi should not be > struggling with 192k. > > As suggested by others, try the JB-Radio2 stream or find a 320k stream. > Can you stream lossless music files from

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New music missing...

2018-06-11 Thread Mnyb
It should always show something, it’s basically your library sorted by the changed time stamps in the files with a limit on how many albums that’s shown . I have mine set so that the whole library shows in time order . Did a scan go wrong ? A complete rescan maybe ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Alternative software to the embedded LMS

2018-05-27 Thread Mnyb
A small Intel NUC as an alternative to raspi , if you need higher performance . Note that modern hardware has very intellligent power scheduling ie use the WOL ( Wake on lan ) and the server can be sleeping using very little , and then come back to life when you want to use it . WoL can also

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using external USB hard drive w/ Touch

2018-05-25 Thread Mnyb
There are powed usb drives and boxes for large 3,5 drives , by t they are not so popular anymore Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Using external USB hard drive w/ Touch

2018-05-20 Thread Mnyb
Jefffrye wrote: > I agree from the looks of it a usb hard drive is a bad idea. What about > using a dedicated PC into a squeezebox touch? > > Thanks A Dedicated anything is better than Touch a raspi or for hi performance an intel nuc. Run the OS you fancy , no need for monitor or kyeboard

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch won't boot -- endless 15 second cycle of logo/blank screen

2018-04-29 Thread Mnyb
aubuti wrote: > Thanks. I figured that was a relatively easy and inexpensive thing to > try anyway. While I've got you here, these are the specs, right? > > 5V DC, 3A, 5.5mm OD, 2.5mm ID, center-positive > > I have a couple PSUs for SB2 and SB3/Classic lying around, but I think > those are

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How does the Touch sync the system time?

2018-04-25 Thread Mnyb
slartibartfast wrote: > How often do the players check the time? After a power outage I have > seen incorrect time on my Radio until I reboot the device. > > Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk That i do not know :/ havent tried to wait it out

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How does the Touch sync the system time?

2018-04-24 Thread Mnyb
Yes the time comes from the server it’s currently connected to this includes mysqueezebox.com . So for user not running a local LMS , if the time is wrong check out your mysb.com settings for time zone . This can surprise folks running LMS on NAS boxes as one seldom checks the time on those (

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Poorer sound Q via Wifi from Squeeze Server than Deezer streaming direct on iPhone

2018-04-11 Thread Mnyb
Perhaps the music gets transcoded to some low rate MP3 ? The deezer plugin for LMS does it getting you the sq your subscription merits ? Is it only on the phone ? What happens when using another player ? Main hifi: Touch +

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Dropouts with 24bit/192Khz files on wireless connection

2018-03-29 Thread Mnyb
Why b Touch supports g . But that sad for hirez streaming use Ethernet that’s my experience too . You must be using the EDO app , Touch normal native support is 24/96 and then the server transcodes . Another factor . Don’t transcode to wav/pcm use flac it almost halves the bandwith need.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't change Touch registration

2018-03-23 Thread Mnyb
Jester wrote: > Thanks MNYB And here is the link to the instructions . http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?108561-Announce-Spotty-2-0-0-Spotify-Connect-for-your-Squeezebox Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't change Touch registration

2018-03-23 Thread Mnyb
To Get spotify : Run the latest local LMS server for example 7.9.1 Remove all current spotify apps and plugins ( on mysb.com and local LMS server ). Install the spotty plugin . Yes you need to run a local oms server. Main

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SSD drive not detected?

2018-02-04 Thread Mnyb
Koelboy wrote: > they were listening to DACs fed by computers and heard that new, modern > mini devices of this century might render said computer superfluous, but > are quickly being disappointed. At least this one :) Yeh but use a raspberry PI as server ( and possibly also as player that

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB external HD

2018-02-03 Thread Mnyb
bpa wrote: > It was not an afterthought - the expectation was there from the > beginning based on the fact at the time LMS was running on devices such > as Linksys NSLU2 (266MHz, 32Mb ram). However, development took longer > than expected, as all parts of system didn't perform as well as >

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB external HD

2018-02-02 Thread Mnyb
drmatt wrote: > Processor power and available RAM. There's hardly any ram, that's the > biggest issue wet stability. It's also stuck with an ancient version of > LMS. > > > -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk- .. and no web-UI and no plugins and it’s slooow and scaning is slooow and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Replacement linear power supply options

2018-01-25 Thread Mnyb
Touch and SB3 has the same dc barrel connector and both use 5v supply . So if it works for Touch it works for SB3. SB3 draws slighly less power Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] can't connect to LMS

2018-01-17 Thread Mnyb
Touch should automatically find lms just by choosing my music. You can add a local LMS via the ”add remote library” function just put in its ip adress ( you have to use static ip to make this reliable ) but thats a workaround for if you somehow broke the autodiscovery function , typically a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Replacement linear power supply options

2018-01-10 Thread Mnyb
No it wont hurt the Touch . In fact i ran one of mine with a 2A supply for a long time but i assumed that if i did not use the USB or analog it did not matter much Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Change Slacker password

2018-01-06 Thread Mnyb
Suppose you go to mysqueezebox.com and you can do changes there in the slacker app ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB Problems

2017-12-27 Thread Mnyb
What are you running LMS on ? An easy check regarding readability is to try to browse down in the folder structure on the drive while you are settng it up for use in LMS if you cant even see any subfolders , this suggest some permission issue ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT Remote issue...

2017-11-16 Thread Mnyb
If you collect minute details , the Classic Remote has the brigthness button . It was used for ofcourse brightness on an SB2 or SB3 . But also to initiate firmware update with older versions of SB2/SB3 firmware , later firmware had a setting for auto update of fw . I *think* this turned into a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch ssh security updates

2017-10-19 Thread Mnyb
You can just turn off SSH from the Touch screen when not using it . And some security software and security people consider any open SSH device insecure so simply turning of SSH migth "fix" it for you . There is no other update mechanism than the logitech provided firmware updates which are not

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Server scan terminates unexpectedly after long loop.

2017-09-21 Thread Mnyb
A *.txt is much smaller Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Different problems with my Squeezebox

2017-09-19 Thread Mnyb
Yes 7.9.1 is recomended Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Different problems with my Squeezebox

2017-09-18 Thread Mnyb
Tryt he new spotty plugin as Spotify has diskontinued the stuff that supported the old plugins and apps for Spotify . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Override 500

2017-09-18 Thread Mnyb
Yes some services can be limited to 500 anyway , even if up the playlist limit in your LMS server . I use 4000 and currently see no performance issues . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox app and iOS remote control for SBT

2017-08-30 Thread Mnyb
iPeng 9 ! Classic is for older devices why cant run the latest iOS Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2017-08-28 Thread Mnyb
slartibartfast wrote: > The interesting thing is that the ifi power supply does not appear to be > a linear power supply. It has an input voltage range of 100V to 240V > which is impossible for a linear supply. > > https://ifi-audio.com/portfolio-view/accessory-ipower/ > > > Sent from my

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can't start LMS on localhost

2017-08-24 Thread Mnyb
chown = change owner . sudo = substitute user do . The $USER variable will take the value of the user you are currently logged in as when you press "ENTER". So you changed the owner ship of the dir to whatever user you signed in as "sudo" , you entered a password . For some reason the file

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering on Touch playing 96 kHz 24 bit songs

2017-08-10 Thread Mnyb
Ok enjoy not the error I expected :) then you found two other old issues . Touch do play native ALAC but it's buggy one error is that it only handles 16/44.1 alac not 24/96 . And that bitrate displays is bogus it's just a place holder 705kbps is the typical rate for 16/44.1 . For some odd

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Rebuffering on Touch playing 96 kHz 24 bit songs

2017-08-10 Thread Mnyb
Yes Touch do 24/96 FLAC or WAV/PCM natively . I'd suggest you use flac or let the server encode to flac if your files are wav alac or aiff . It's default setup to do this but check your settings . That said 24/96 over wifi can be a close shave if it works good for you otherwise get wired . It

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My touch doesn't turn on

2017-07-21 Thread Mnyb
And edo disbales the analog out to make 192k and USB possible . But you can simply remove it if you dont need any of its features . There are other mods that potentially can disable the screen , but all this should go waya with the factory reset anyway afaik ?

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My touch doesn't turn on

2017-07-19 Thread Mnyb
I've said this before modern consumer electronics is generally not made to be repaired . BOM of the unit is probably less than 10 minutes of someones time , and the design with ic and smd's are not easy. So during warranty you get a new unit for whatever fault. And no one has to train anyone or

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My touch doesn't turn on

2017-07-19 Thread Mnyb
it is possible to load a new image on the toucj from SD card , but that needs the screen :-/ Also does it connect over ethernet ? if your lucky the previus owner used ethernet and it may pick up an ip adress over dhcp ? Oh well you did the factory reset ? wonder if its able to connect via

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant resolve squeezebox.com ip address

2017-06-28 Thread Mnyb
it can be such simple thing as the DNS settings in the Touch if you don't use DHCP on it . If you once setup ethernet manually on it you coul just review its current settings ? Usually one setup the routers ip as DNS , but if the routers base adress is changed ? its easy to forget . IP

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] 'New' IPad Air 2 won't find players

2017-06-26 Thread Mnyb
Does iPeng see LMS ? Or does safari see the LMS web-UI . In iPeng you must first choose which LMS , but it should pickup aviable LMS servers , so just select the one you want . I also recommend you buy the new iPeng 9 ? If you got the old 32 bit version .

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch with EDO does not remember output setting

2017-06-07 Thread Mnyb
garym wrote: > correct. One must have EDO installed to use the Touch USB as an audio > *output*. > > daleyb...are you sure you have the volume equal when comparing the touch > and the CD player. Even very small differences in volume (louder) can > make one source sound "better" Having the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SSD drive not detected?

2017-05-01 Thread Mnyb
I meant the LMS performance Touh sounds like usual just like when you using LMS on something else. If you ever get it to work it will probably crash while trying to scan menus will be very slow , no web UI no plugins. Imagine it will be slow with the smartphone apps too ? You probably save time

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SSD drive not detected?

2017-05-01 Thread Mnyb
You dont want to attach a drive directly to Touch , the performance is appaling :) get a raspi to run the server on . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] New PC. Touch now going apeship with dupes

2017-04-30 Thread Mnyb
Do you use iTunes integration at the same time as pointing LMS to directories where the files are ? Don't set the playlist directory the same as the music file directory in LMS . Make a special folder for playlists . All the m3u or cue files you may have created in each album is a playlist ,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant open file..?

2017-04-24 Thread Mnyb
Is this a single file and cue sheet ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch +

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Scanning Issues

2017-04-11 Thread Mnyb
Rad Bennett wrote: > I'll go through the list again...but I thought I caught the specific one > that does that. Now, when I add titles to iTunes it causes a rescan. > I'm surely going to check out the Mondo + when it comes in for review. > > Is there a setting NOT in the plug ins that could

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Scanning Issues

2017-04-10 Thread Mnyb
Rad Bennett wrote: > I thought I was OK and the software was set so that it just looked fro > changes every morning at 4 am. But no, suddenly it's off starting a scan > everytime I make even a tiny change to the library. There has to be a > way to stop it. i'm going to look at Grace Digital's

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT Not connecting to network..

2017-04-09 Thread Mnyb
garym wrote: > hmmm. Weird. What do you mean by "switching libraries". Don't you only > have one library (your LMS music server)? And why are you downloading > LMS if you already have LMS installed and running? > > Have you done this yet? > > 1. turn off everything, computer, unplug SBT and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT Not connecting to network..

2017-04-07 Thread Mnyb
daleyb wrote: > O.K. perhaps completely off the mark here, But as part of the "home > Improvements" had a new Consumer unit mains fuse box fitted (17th > edition 2006/U.K.) For Safety Regs. seeing This gives RCD Cut off, > (handy if I cut my hedge cut the cable etc..)...I was thinking, seeing >

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SBT Not connecting to network..

2017-04-06 Thread Mnyb
daleyb wrote: > tried the reset/ on/off plug route...No Joy.I think Drmatts closer to > the problem. I did download a anti-virus program (AVG-FREE) Recently, So > maybe a firewalls kicked in thats caused it..?, But if LMS is already > running maybe thats not the answer. > > When I did a Reset

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Scanning Issues

2017-04-04 Thread Mnyb
Notice when you upgrade to 7.9.0 it probably kicked of a rescan due to some necessary changes . Did you let it finish or did you press abort ? Auto rescan is plugin LMS does not do this normally . Do you have this plugin ? You can schedule scans to this way. It may not have finished the rescan

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-31 Thread Mnyb
I used to be very ancius about this , but it's not as all important as some think ( the audiophile thinking is that the sound is completely destroyed if not bit perfect ) . It can be beneficial for some dac to not get full volume but -3dB or somesuch due to intersample clipping in oversampling

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-30 Thread Mnyb
On topic it can sometimes be a point to keep it bitperfect HDCD if your DAC handles that or DTS or AC3 coded WAV or FLAC inot a HT reciever or if your just prefer to do all processing later in the chain Main hifi: Touch + CIA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Another Bit Perfect question

2017-03-30 Thread Mnyb
"yes" it only at 100% volume you got a bitperfect output . But SBT's volume control is operating at 24 bits . As an SBT always outputs 24bit (even with a 16bit signal aka CD ) You can get analogue attenuators to put on the poweramps input , if you use the SBT at reasonably high volume settings

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Fs: 5v sbt power supply

2017-03-30 Thread Mnyb
This is a legit thing many years ago john svenson did design a psu for squeezeboxes. Time flies this may not be in everyones memory. Usefullness meh ? but its not sunglasses or pills or phishing Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Cant't edit Tidal favorites from LMS

2017-03-26 Thread Mnyb
Tidals own app or website ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best programme to rip CD's to hard drive please

2017-03-13 Thread Mnyb
Oh did not see that do yourself a favor rip to a decent format FLAC or ALAC if you must be apple compatible ( but would consider making a lossy aac copy library for my iTunes and still use FLAC ) Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Best programme to rip CD's to hard drive please

2017-03-13 Thread Mnyb
dBpoweramp ( not free but the its that good ). Or EAC as mentioned Exact Audio Copy. Both of these ate secure rippers that also uses the accurip database. They can compare checksums of other rips of the same disc and can statistically verify that your rip is bit perfect 100% No errors at all.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Reboot Command??

2017-03-11 Thread Mnyb
You can use SSH and "reboot" command . Touch is a tiny linux computer so many linux commands works on it. Somewhere in the settings you activate the remote conection ( SSH ) . Eas the default password 1234 ? ( i dont remember i always change those ) . Then you use a suitable terminal on your

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch prevents PC from sleeping / constantly wakes it up.

2017-02-21 Thread Mnyb
crazyj wrote: > I struggled for a long time with this. > > Eventually I figured out that turning off "wake on pattern match" in my > advanced NIC settings was the one thing that worked. Afaik the thing you need and that squeezeboxes ( and derative software players ) and some mobile

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2017-02-18 Thread Mnyb
I think EDO enables 192k on spdiff ? But 24/96 is good enough for human consumption forever . You can always invent better formats but our hearing abilities is the same as ever ie modern formats exceed it with a wide margin. I'd go with julfs suggestion getting the best master/version of a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tidal HiFi-->Squeezebox Touch - files reading as MP3?

2017-02-15 Thread Mnyb
When used Tidal hifi for a short while I found out that only approximately 80% of the music was flac . Some odd titles are/where not aviable as anything but MP3 regardless of subscription. Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] MQA via Tidal.........

2017-02-10 Thread Mnyb
Well ofcourse it sounds different :) otherwise Tidal marketing guys done something wrong . I would like to get my hands on some MQA tracks . Software decode them them to 24/192 then convert them to 16/44.1 and do a DBT . I've done similar things with my 24/96 and 24/192 Hd downloads and DVDA's.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] MQA via Tidal.........

2017-02-09 Thread Mnyb
DanSmedra wrote: > Have you ever considered being creative and moving your protest movement > to your own thread? > > Or did you already try that and no one showed up? > > Just remember, Mother still loves you. > > 22095 Does it not bother you that most recordings going truogh the process is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] MQA via Tidal.........

2017-02-08 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: > I am not really worried. I am pretty sure that MQA either goes down the > same avenue as DVD-Audio (that was supposed to be the next big thing in > hifi back in the day, and was based on, erm..., Meridian Lossless > Packing by Bob Stuart and friends), or becomes a niche format that

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] MQA via Tidal.........

2017-02-08 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: > Thanks - it does make some good points. > > -"At the present time, I remain skeptical of the sonic advantages of MQA > and even more skeptical of its commercial viability. There is no > question that MQA degrades the quality of the audio for users who do not > have an MQA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] John Mayer, The Search for Everything - Wave One on Spotify won't play on Touch

2017-01-21 Thread Mnyb
Works fine here ( Sweden ) . It can be some glitch in regions , where are you and what is your location in your mysqueezebox.com account . Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] URL addiction problem

2017-01-12 Thread Mnyb
avconv or ffmpeg gets installed on the machine that runs your local LMS server . The play HLS plugin is somewhere in the plugin tab in LMS . You will be listening with the locla server , so its not possible with mysb.com only

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] a/synchronous DACS... APPS

2017-01-11 Thread Mnyb
daleyb wrote: > Correct , I meant coaxial digital link. > > Just out of interest then, How would you connect a USB FROM SBT TO DAC > as Asynchronous .Which Output on the SBT would you use..?... I > always thought the USB ON the SBT was INPUT ONLY. > > ps. I have NO 24/192 FILES anyway,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Small active speaker - good sounding

2017-01-07 Thread Mnyb
Adam speakers , they are really good ? Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch +

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Suddenly dead

2016-12-15 Thread Mnyb
With moving he probably meant a shorter distance than that , with the psu plugged in fallen ng off the shelf or just bending at the conector while lifting it for dusting purposes or whatnot :) Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How do I update my Squeezebox Touch to 7.8?

2016-11-26 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: > Where does the conversion from MQA take place? In the Explorer DAC , it's like hdcd or dts , as long as you transfer the file bitperfect , the downstream DAC sees the encoding and does it's thing . So basically mqa support already exist sort of .

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Analog & Toslink outputs - switchable?

2016-11-13 Thread Mnyb
Not on standard Touch , all outs are on all the time and all follows the same volume Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB output - can this be used to charge a usb device, such as 'phone?

2016-11-12 Thread Mnyb
bpa wrote: > It's not the expensive stuff I'd worry about but the cheap bluetooth > portable speaker where the circuit design is poor/minimal. When you look > at the options > (https://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/4803 ) then > it is clear many things can go wrong. That was

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB output - can this be used to charge a usb device, such as 'phone?

2016-11-12 Thread Mnyb
bpa wrote: > I would advise caution. > > AFAICT in theory it is possible but we don't have have circuit details. > If circuit designed very conservatively then battery could charge very > slowly. But - if battery to be charge is LiION there is a possibility > battery may be damaged if not

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] USB output - can this be used to charge a usb device, such as 'phone?

2016-11-12 Thread Mnyb
Presambly the Touch . Maybe just try , if it works it would be much slower , in my experience phones do charge from USB ports when conected but not at all at the same speed as the real charger . And Touchs USB port is not particularly powerful , it fulfills spec . But have problems with for

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Where to get the support for my squeezebox account ???

2016-11-07 Thread Mnyb
bert wemmenhove wrote: > I logged in to my old account, but where can I delete itself ? > When I delete it , the adress will still be in the Touch isnt it ? > > greetings Just delete the players for a start , then you can register it on your new account .

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch will only play Favourite stations if LMS is running

2016-11-07 Thread Mnyb
Mardler wrote: > Thanks, kids - didn't see that as I was typing the above but that's > pretty well exactly what I did. > > Kind of surprising that when MySB was down SBT wouldn't connect to LMS > (which obviously couldn't see MySB either). It does not happen automatically if you where on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Connection with Seagate PersonalCloud NAS possible?

2016-10-28 Thread Mnyb
Basically the LMS server software must be running somewhere . Either a conected PC or whatever ( raspi Mac mini unused laptop intel nuc .. mini server . on and on ). Or on th NAS itself . So a question is how to install LMS on the seagate NAS google that ! Touch itself has a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Announce: Enhanced Digital Output app - USB Dac and 192k Digital Ouput

2016-10-03 Thread Mnyb
Is not DoP the mechanism we have ? Thats what we have over spdiff ? Then there is differbt rates of dsd 64,128 or more i would gues without knowing that the faster rates are probably not supported especially on dop over 24/192

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] no internet radio option in touch menu

2016-09-10 Thread Mnyb
and is your mysqueezebox.com acount configured on your local LMS server , there is a tab in the settings for that Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to completely 'shut down' the device and the tosilink (optical output)

2016-08-27 Thread Mnyb
sckramer wrote: > Hi Mnyb, > > I tried it out on a pi: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xm_wWXhqO4 > > It does actually kill the light on the pi/piCorePlayer/Digi+, the coax > is disabled also. (The touch does neither) > > OP: search old posts, we've

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to completely 'shut down' the device and the tosilink (optical output)

2016-08-24 Thread Mnyb
But even then it migth not actually stop the light ? In the toslink/spdiff standard there is some kind of idle signal IE light and carrier wave is still on , correctly designed equipment detect this as no sound , but some DAC's and recievers simplistically uses the light itself as an indicator

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] And then the time wasn't right....

2016-06-29 Thread Mnyb
mherger wrote: > > In reality internet dependent devices keep Times' better . My > > squeezeboxes have showed the correct time for decades . > > I dare say this is a tiny little bit exaggerated :-). > > -- > > Michael Decade and s to much :/ I think my sb3 arrived 2006 . And I don't live in

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] And then the time wasn't right....

2016-06-29 Thread Mnyb
In reality internet dependent devices keep Times' better . My squeezeboxes have showed the correct time for decades . The Touch only shows the servers time or whatever your timezone is on mysqueezebox.com if you ar conected there . That can not be said about my micro wave etc that blinks 12:00 or

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Then the time was right

2016-06-28 Thread Mnyb
Rotating ward/leonard style suplies :) An ac motor with a flywheel conected to a DC generator onnthe same shaft . The contraption could be mounted on a half ton plinth with rubber feets . Standing in your basement . Deluxe model with large ac motor with several dc generators on common shaft for

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2016-06-20 Thread Mnyb
stereoptic wrote: > I've replaced the power supply and I am still having issues with the > touch screen. It doesn't matter that much to me because I have become > accustomed to using the remote or a wifi device to control the > Squeezebox Touch. > > However, occasionally while using the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How To Connect Hard Drive To Squeezebox Touch?

2016-06-06 Thread Mnyb
You install LMS on the iMac ofcourse. And no transcoding when running LMS on the Touch so no APE support Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How To Connect Hard Drive To Squeezebox Touch?

2016-06-05 Thread Mnyb
chopinhauer wrote: > Going back to the original question, I too would like to plug an > external HD with over 1TB of music into the usb port of the Touch. > > My situation is that I am moving from running all my music from a a > large HDD on my PC running LMS to what? That's the question. The

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Do I need the internet to use my SBT with my PC?

2016-05-30 Thread Mnyb
Fizbin wrote: > Just thought I'd bring this old thread back for this question... > > I'm still using a crossover cable to connect my Touch with my PC. It's > nice not having to bother with a router. Anyway, I was thinking about > buying a Transporter as well. I happen to have a couple extra

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