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Will it come back in a tupperware box?
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Originally Posted by Russell Turner
I need my touch back pronto as my new m-dac is sat here gathering dust and my new Ultimate Digital Cable needs a new device to work it's magic on!
That's what Dave's got in his Touch.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Whats this tupperware business then? :)
Gaz you are the man.....:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
While on the subject, Gaz, I'm nervous about updating my EDO v5 to v7. Have you heard any down-side or am I safe to go?
The reason I ask is that I occasionally get lock-ups when streaming Spotify and want to get to the bottom of it.
Hey Martin,
I've not heard any reports of new problems with EDO 7 over 5.
Safe to make the jump I'd say.
Triode (the guru behind EDO mods) really knows what he's doing.
Regarding your Spotify lockups, my money would be more on the Networking side than the EDO mods.
Worth going to 7 imo.
Dave?
no..YOU da man lol
I didn't have any Spotify lockup issues when I had my premium trial period and ran it on LMS.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
I'm running Logitech Media Server Version: 7.7.1 - r33735 on Platform Architecture: armv5tel-linux .
Thanks Gaz and Chris. I'll update my LMS and EDO tonight. I actually think it's more to do with the iPad running the Logitech app. The freezing doesn't happen very often so it's not a great issue.
Try ipeng if you haven't already Martin?
You could also try accessing LMS from your iPad using Safari - enter http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:9000 (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx being the IP address of your serving machine) into the address bar.
You should also be able to save the address as a favourite or bookmark or something like.
Thanks, both. I'll try IPEng and the Safari access method. I quite like the Logitech app because it's simple and pretty much emulates the Touch's screen.
I use iPeng on iPod Touch and iPad plus tried Logitech app. iPeng on iPad by far the best, a little 'busy' so you'll need to familiarise yourself but really quick after that. iPeng on iPod/iPhone is different to use but works well (in a diff way to iPad - its a real estate thing) and follows the iPod/iPhone user interface paradigm well enough. The Logitech app is a poor third.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Not that keen on browser access. Slow and clunky
Not tried the Android alternative(s).
If you have an iPad it deserves iPeng, IMHO.;)
Chris
SqueezeRemote for Windows Phone 7 is quite nice, too.
http://www.mtc.me.uk/images/SBT_WP71.jpg
Had a chat with Gazjam on the phone this afternoon, what a thoroughly nice chap he is (for a scotsman).:laugh:
Cheers David,
coming from a Shandy drinking Southerner I know that wasn't easy :)
Bailey Tzuke..?
Anything to Judie?
MCRU I saw one of your M2tech EVO PSU's with the added box in the nude today.
That's a nicely built PSU combo for the money, especially the LED biased CCS feedback reg in the second box. Better than I'd expect for the money, you deserve to do well with those. ;-)
Thanks Simon, much appreciated and thanks for the positive comments. When I manage to get out of the workshop I would like to come down for a listen to your TT.Quote:
Originally Posted by sq225917
Oi, watch it you, or I'll send the boys round. :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mains Cables R Us
Can I hold the coats. OH! and I'll bring the handbags for hittin each other with. :D
Brian.
Actually a squeezebox touch makes a good weapon when thrown with force, take it from me :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by brian2957
Daughter. Saw her last year, she was excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Oh, big fan of her Mum, need to look Bailie up on Spotify.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
Thanks, I am pleased how that little regulator design has turned out.Quote:
That's a nicely built PSU combo for the money, especially the LED biased CCS feedback reg in the second box. Better than I'd expect for the money, you deserve to do well with those. ;-)
David, whenever you like I'm always at home. I was in Hudds today at vinyltap as it goes, he's got some stock in there. I went home £130 lighter.
Guys - Touch firmware and EDO both updated, all working fine and sounding good.
David - sorry to hijack your thread. As you were...
EDIT: oops, it was Gaz's thread :lol:
Martin,
glad the update went well.
Defo my thread. :ner:
So can you hear the difference or not between 0.5 and 0.7 then Martin?
Not that I could tell, Russell. I went into the EDO 0.7 settings and set it to 'small buffers' and it's sounding excellent.
You got it running with the Toolbox thingy as well, or just on its own?
Just on its own - I don't need the toolbox and I've disabled any applets I don't need.
I haven't got it loaded either, but I am coming to a conclusion here...
It pains me to say this but I think that my crappy LG DNX190UH DVD/CD player feeding my Bushmaster optically sounds better than the Squeezebox Touch,
The Squeezebox has the updated Mains Cables R Us LDP power supply for DC needs and then it is connected to the Bushmaster using one of Mike's bespoke coaxial leads (the new version).
The CD option is just a whole lot easier to listen to in my opinion, there is just something that gets on my nerves audio wise with the Touch and prevents me relaxing to the music.
Thing is...
Almost all of my music is now in FLAC format, I still have CD's but not hardly what you would call a "collection".
I will do some comparing tests and come to some conclusions on this.
Russell, it pains me reading that :lol:
Can you try throwing the bits out of the Touch optically rather than SPDif?
Edit: I have Mike Coax also, I love it, the optical is less detailed but an easier ride.
Hi RussellQuote:
Originally Posted by Russell Turner
I thought I'd test that comparison myself. I extracted a couple of WAV files from favourite CDs and compared the two via my Bushmaster. The CD was put in my Pioneer Blu-ray player used as a trasport, via optical (Kimber) to the BM. The WAV was streamed from my PC to the Touch, then to the BM via co-ax (Chord ProDAC Silver).
They both sounded good and I went back and forth between them without being able to tell any difference. Both Bushmaster and Touch are powered from Paul Hynes power supplies and the latter has the EDO applet. I would have to say, based on this experience, that there's very little in it and the BM is doing a great job of reclocking the data so that source becomes immaterial.
I did a similar exercise on Saturday...
I think what the significant difference is, is that the Touch has a more "up-front" presentation to music reproduction, possibly slightly less soundstage than a CD source in this instance and this is reflected in the eventual fatigue I get.
Put simply it's just too in your face, not in a massive way, but in my system it was notable, it wasn't a harsh sound it was just a more "here this is IT" kind of thing...
Hard to convey I know but that is what my observation was.
Yes, that's interesting. For me, there was no difference in presentation that I could detect. One thing occurs: are you using your Touch with wireless? I'm using cabled ethernet.
Russell, are you using EDO? I compared buffer sizes yesterday and found that the small buffer size sounded more "in your face" than the large buffer size, brighter but with a bit more 'air'. In comparison, the large buffer size was smoother and you could focus more easily on the structure of the music. Small buffer size is my preference, so that's what I've left it as. Worth a try. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell Turner
Chris
It's a computer really and someone once said to me computers like to be left alone, what a load of b...ox, the touch is a tweakers delight and the best mod I have ever heard was the digital output mod, the touch sounds like a 5k cd player now or better in fact! Keep tweaking guys and remember it's all about the music.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chops
Glad your liking your Touch Dave :)
Sounding good with the MDac?
I can honestly say that Muddy Waters was in my room, the combination of Canor Tube Amp and SB/M-DAC is truly stunning. When I get some spare time I will download my quota of 24 bit flac's off the B&W site as I have not been on for a while. The touch sounds better with a memory stick in the back than through my NAS drive too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gazjam
Gaz thanks for doing the mods for me, you are a thoroughly decent chap!:)
Interesting - I haven't tried that yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mains Cables R Us
I use an external USB (powered) hard drive and the Small SB Server in the Touch, I was toying with the idea of a 256GB USB or a SSD...
The performance of the SMall SB Server performance isn't great, but I don't need to have my computer on with this configuration.
p.s. What Mods Dave?
HI,Quote:
Originally Posted by Russell Turner
Not having to have the pc on and nas drive whirring away has its plus points, and you can fill up an sd card, usb hard drive or memory stick with flacs and run them straight into the touch, far easier for me anyway.
Mods, there are far too many but most are the soundchecks mods, the touch will play hi-res files using it's own built in dac AFAIK, gazjam is the man so he will be able to fill you in on all the gubbins. Suffice to say with my Ultimate SB PSU connected (the fully pimped one with kimber cable, furutech fuse and iec etc) and the M-DAC the touch sees off a lot of expensive cd players I have heard.
There is even justification for not using an external DAC if you have a good linear PSU for your Touch as the built in DAC is actually pretty darn good.
I thought you meant hardware mods... I am aware of the Soundcheck one, and as mentioned previous I use the EDO mod.