Has the Squeezebox Touch had its day?
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killie99
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That was said about Garrard 301/401’s, Thorens TD124/125, Tannoy Golds & HPD’s and Leak amps. Wish I had hoovered them up 20 odd years ago when they were all being sold for buttons.
GRC
More Red Wine Member
Not sure everyone would agree with that sweeping statement.
John Darko doesn't for a start
Also see his comparison of the SBT with the WiiM devices everyone is raving about - pretty interesting IMHO.
And various comparisons between LMS and Roon (I know which I prefer).
I have two SBTs on the go plus a spare in the wardrobe if one ever dies and no plans to change. One is coax out to my Devialet D200's internal DAC and the other is RCA out to AudioEngine A5+ on the terrace.
Would like to try a Transporter but they're like gold-plated hen's teeth at the moment and (supposedly) no better SQ than the SBT - they just look super-cool.
Just my ten cents worth of course . . .
oldius
Manchester City, dogs, family and food.
Absolutely not the case.
Del monaco
Del Monaco
But it’s still going and sounds as good as any streaming device under £1000. Lovely thing.
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robs
should know how this works by no
Two Touches in daily use here (and a spare tucked away in a drawer for the sad day one of them dies!). Both EDO into Dacs, though the internal dac is very good itself.
See no reason to change, and there still doesn't seem to be much 'competition' around - i.e. a great streamer with a decent sized screen controlled by a remote...
I also had a Duet back in the day, with the display on the remote (aka a mobile) but much prefer a screen on the Touch with a remote, particulalry at my desk.
Couple of Pi's running picoreplayer also, but rarely use them.
See no reason to change, and there still doesn't seem to be much 'competition' around - i.e. a great streamer with a decent sized screen controlled by a remote...
I also had a Duet back in the day, with the display on the remote (aka a mobile) but much prefer a screen on the Touch with a remote, particulalry at my desk.
Couple of Pi's running picoreplayer also, but rarely use them.
cooky1257
pfm Member
Last night I decided to switch back from Mac mini m1 running Audirvanna// benchmark dac2 to my SBT running LMS on an old 2012 mac mini( high sierra) only to find the latest LMS update has buggered everything 'Qobuz' up. The Qobuz plug-in refuses to install when you tick/ apply/ restart server, nor will the Radio Paradise one so three hours of faff last night produced sod all. I'm guessing it may be High Sierra is now too long in the tooth.
iTunes plays fine via LMS/SBT and indeed sounded better than the M1.
.......any help would be appreciated
iTunes plays fine via LMS/SBT and indeed sounded better than the M1.
.......any help would be appreciated
Man in a van
pfm Member
Man in a van
pfm Member
@ cooky1257
Try this:- it just worked for me
Tick the Qobuz box
Click Apply
Click Restart Later
Go to the LMS Status pane in System preference
Click Stop Server
Wait a minute
Click Start Server
Go back to Settings > Advanced > Qobuz
ronnie
Try this:- it just worked for me
Tick the Qobuz box
Click Apply
Click Restart Later
Go to the LMS Status pane in System preference
Click Stop Server
Wait a minute
Click Start Server
Go back to Settings > Advanced > Qobuz
ronnie
John Phillips
pfm Member
This is possibly a long shot but I have found (RPi installation, though) that adding some waiting time between each installation step can help.
Occasionally (and it has been happening as recently as today), when installing an updated plugin I have to wait a long time (maybe 60 seconds) between clicking on "Apply" and seeing "Restart". After clicking that and "OK" I close all LMS browser windows and it needs another 60-second wait before LMS will respond. If I am impatient somewhere I find the updated plugin does not install.
I don't know why and because it only happens occasionally I wonder if this may be something external happening, such as the plugins repository being very busy.
JezmondTutu
pfm Member
I think there are loads of options nowadays.
I’ve had a Touch, a SB+, a Duet and a SB3. It may have been down to my internet, albeit I used them at two different houses. But they just weren’t as stable as the other solutions I have used to date, including a Mac Mini, ATV, Node2i, Sonos and a Wiim Mini. It meant that the rest of the family now use my streaming devices in the house without any hitches as they just work,
I’ve had a Touch, a SB+, a Duet and a SB3. It may have been down to my internet, albeit I used them at two different houses. But they just weren’t as stable as the other solutions I have used to date, including a Mac Mini, ATV, Node2i, Sonos and a Wiim Mini. It meant that the rest of the family now use my streaming devices in the house without any hitches as they just work,
Man in a van
pfm Member
I also have
Logitech Media Server Version: 8.3.1 - 1676361197 @ Fri Feb 17 06:31:16 CET 2023
Check in the server log for any messages that may look similar to these
the-mains-man
Trade: MCRU
The touch was years ahead of its time when it came out, even now not many streamers will play an SD card full of music. Plenty of places to add 3rd party apps still. Try attaching a dood dac to it you may be surprised.
cooky1257
pfm Member
I think it's broke !
[23-11-30 12:50:36.6835] Slim::Utils:
[23-11-30 12:50:51.6500] Slim::Utils:
[23-11-30 12:51:00.2916] main::init (377) Starting Logitech Media Server (v8.3.1, 1676361197, Fri Feb 17 06:31:16 CET 2023) perl 5.018002 - darwin-thread-multi-2level
[23-11-30 12:51:01.6441] main::init (377) Starting Logitech Media Server (v8.3.1, 1676361197, Fri Feb 17 06:31:16 CET 2023) perl 5.018002 - darwin-thread-multi-2level
[23-11-30 12:51:01.7520] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1325) Warning: [12:51:01.7517] You're using a rather old version of IO::Socket::SSL (v1.966) - please try to update to at least 2.020 for improved compatibility.
[23-11-30 12:51:02.4205] Slim::Formats::XML::gotErrorViaHTTP (343) Error: getting https://www.mysqueezebox.com/api/sounds/v1/opml
Connect timed out:
[23-11-30 12:51:02.4208] Slim:
[23-11-30 12:51:17.3941] Slim::Formats::XML::gotErrorViaHTTP (343) Error: getting https://www.mysqueezebox.com/api/sounds/v1/opml
Connect timed out: Bad file descriptor
[23-11-30 12:51:17.3946] Slim:
Man in a van
pfm Member
Not broke; "just restin!"
This is mine
Logitech Media Server Version: 8.3.1 - 1676361197 @ Fri Feb 17 06:31:16 CET 2023
Hostname: ronnies-Mac-mini.local
Server IP Address: 192.168.1.138
Server HTTP Port Number: 9000
Operating system: macOS 10.13.6 - EN - utf8
Platform Architecture: x86_64
Perl Version: 5.18.2 - darwin-thread-multi-2level
Audio::Scan: 1.05
IO::Socket::SSL: 2.083
Database Version: DBD::SQLite 1.58 (sqlite 3.22.0)
Total Players Recognized: 2
I updated this clean install when I compiled it earlier this year
I can look up how I did it if you wish and send you the destructions, it does take a long time and some patience
Or you can update the OS to Mojave and reinstall LMS (I would go for v8.3.2). That might work
ronnie
You can try installing v8.3.2 over the top and see if you get the same message.
ronnie
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Man in a van
pfm Member
Any message in the server log