Thanks garym for your reply, I really appreciate your assistance and explanation.
However, I am still not clear as to why we need the tiny server (or any server whatsoever) to just simply play the music from a USB drive? I mean, there are tons of media players around, to which you can just plug in your HDD via USB - and they are immediately ready to play anything from the attached HDD - be it music, movies, photos, etc. I want to have an independent music player, completely away from TV, away from home network and PC, away from the internet - a music only device, a high-end audio music source. Touch does give me exactly that - I eliminated ALL its functions and apps except pure music play, and it DOES play music ridiculously well - producing better sound than majority of expensive CD transports. Actually, since I bought Touch, I never ever again played a single CD from my Theta Digital CD transport! I now only use a Theta DAC, which I feed from Touch's coax out. Then DAC feeds an amplifier (47 Lab Gaincard) which feeds the loudspeakers (Essence, and since recently, I am experimenting with KEF). So, what I mean to say here is that Touch actually is a fantastic small device. The rest of my equipment is probably 30 times the price of Touch, but its actual value in terms of audio quality matches the price of the rest of the chain. Furthermore, it is the most practical music source device ever produced - all my music in one small place available at the touch of a finger, instead of having a "cubic meter" of CDs occupying my living space, collecting dust and demanding me to rise up each time I wanna play something different. So, my question is - why can't I also just shut off that boring server function, then navigate my folder system - and just play my music? Technically, it MUST be possible with some simple software tweak, because that is the way most of media players work - using just the folder system of the attached HDD. This would definitely further release Touch's CPU, and leave it more energy to do what we all need it to do - properly turn those music files into a digital signal. I have always thought of this idea, but my experience with shutting off unnecessary functions, and the what I described in my previous post - all indicate that releasing the burden from Touch's CPU is one way to further improve the sound. Could it be possible? What does everyone think about it? Is there any other thread discussing this issue (I could not find one, so maybe I could start it...) Thank you all for the opinions and advice... Hazim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hazim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56067 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82070 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
