Hi there fellows. Good news for owners of a DAC using a TE8802L - USB-connection! It can now be connected over Asynchronous USB.
It works for audio-gd DACs. It might work for other TE8802L - Based DACs, too. In particular for instance, TEAC UD-H01. PLEASE REPORT HERE, IF YOU GET YOUR DAC TO WORK, OR NOT. And please say thank you to Triode. He worked on that many hours. I suppose he is British, and he was working even during the GB against Italy - game yesterday evening! Only the numerous tryouts and log file creations, that I did to assist Triode, took me hours, so developping must have been a huge task! Disclaimer: This current version is still in Development Stage. However, I am able to play up to 24 bit / 192 khz - files with it. And it sounds great. But nobody can guarantee, that this will work for all users and any setups! All the modifications in this guide are at your own risk. They are not supported by any vendor, nor by myslef, nor by the developper Triode, nor by anybody else. They are in particular not supported by Logitech, audio-gd or Tenor (gfec). Any damage will be on your own risk! If you go further in this guide, you accept this condition! However... For me, I can tell you, that it works. I have a Squeezebox Touch connected over USB to a audio-gd DI. Here is the guide: Prerequisites: - I recommend, you use a DAC, that is externally powered, NOT USB-powered. The DAC may work over USB power, but I can not tell for sure. If your DAC has no separate power input, this usb - linear power - interface may help, and it will by the way enhance your sound quality: http://www.aqvox.de/usb-power_en.html ). - Everything on the SBT and on the Logitech Media Server is updated to the latest versions and runs with default settings. - Logitech Media Server must run on an external computer (or NAT), and Squeezebox Touch must be connected with this external server via Network. LAN is best, if possible. Now: - connect the TE8802 - based - DAC to the Squeezebox Touch (SBT) over a good USB cable. - Access the configuration screen of the Logitech Media Server over a web browser, go to the plugins - tab and add http://triodeapplets.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/usbtestrepo.xml as additional repository. Choose to show third party plugins. - Go to the SBT, go to the applet installer (in settings, extended settings) - Uncheck the tab that limits the choice to recommended apps - Choose "Enhanced Digital Output" and install it. SBT will reboot, download a Kernel and reboot again. - Play a song, it will not sound, but this is to make sure, your SBT is connected to the server - Go again to the applet instller and install "Kernel Updater". SBT will reboot. - Go to Kernel Updater (in settings, extended settings). Install Kernel #11. Wait until SBT reboots completely. - Disconnect the power connection of the SBT and disconnect power from the DAC. Wait 10 seconds. - Power on DAC and wait 10 seconds - Power on the SBT and wait until it boots - Go to the Audio-Settings and choose Digital Output. Choose your DAC over USB! - Listen to the music Recommendations: Choose "Screen disabled" screensaver while playing. Additional mods to the SBT, like TT3.0, will probably NOT work. Maybe they can work, but you will have to manually adjust priority settings and buffer settings, etc. You find lots of discussions about that on the audiophile threads. However, these settings may make the SBT not to respond anymore. This can usually be resolved with a factory reset, but again, there is no guarantee. IMPORTANT: Please, discuss audio quality and audiophile mods only in the audiophile threads ( http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94855-Triode-s-USB-24-192-plug-in-sound-quality-impressions ). Do NOT discuss audio quality here! THANKS! To revert everything back to the original stage and factory defaults: - Power on the SBT - Hold down the little reset button on the back of the SBT just above the DC power plug for 10 seconds. This does the factory reset of the settings, but NOT of the installed Kernel ! - Let the SBT boot up to "Factory Settings". - Go to the Software Updating Menu (in settings, extended settings) - Force to "update" the Logitech Firmware - Let the SBT boot up completely. - Do another factory reset Enjoy! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ diego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40897 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93310 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
