Squeezebox Touch £134.99 at Amazon UK
- Thread starter lsinclair
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Look again. Offered by AVIDES at that price. Not currently offered for sale by Amazon - presumably because they are out of stock.
What on earth is foo about two completely different DACS sounding different?
What on earth is foo about Keith's £300 DAC sounding better than the DAC inside a modestly priced network player?
Enjoy your music Basil.
DACs chips are cheap, man...
You figured it out yet?
ex brickie
Speakers matter
Back to Basil
I have hundreds of CDs so no chance of me ripping. And I have a (second-hand) Krell CD player so no chance of that being redundant before it gives up.....
It is simply about access to radio for me (for the time being) - either/both of new stations that i can't get non-internet wise, or better sound quality over my Sansui tuner (which appears unlikely on a consistent basis)
I have hundreds of CDs so no chance of me ripping. And I have a (second-hand) Krell CD player so no chance of that being redundant before it gives up.....
It is simply about access to radio for me (for the time being) - either/both of new stations that i can't get non-internet wise, or better sound quality over my Sansui tuner (which appears unlikely on a consistent basis)
Whats the appeal of these units?
Just wondering as i use my PC as a server & use my phone as a client to remotely control playback, but i can play back everything on my media server via the phone aswell if i like, this is using JRiver & is totally free (apart from the phone) and you can have multiroom etc...if you don't have a smartphone you could use a tablet/iPad
what isit the SBT does that's special? just cheaper than getting an iPad for a remote controller or something?
Just wondering as i use my PC as a server & use my phone as a client to remotely control playback, but i can play back everything on my media server via the phone aswell if i like, this is using JRiver & is totally free (apart from the phone) and you can have multiroom etc...if you don't have a smartphone you could use a tablet/iPad
what isit the SBT does that's special? just cheaper than getting an iPad for a remote controller or something?
HairyHaggis
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i think it's because it can sit nicely between a file source and a dac or whatever downstream and provides a user interface onto the music listings. i personally do not want to have to boot up one of my pc's every time i want to listen to music so i'll be looking to dump it all onto a usb hdd and run it through the sb to a dac etc etc.
ex brickie
Speakers matter
There's an idea! I have a freesat box lying around unused somewhere..... I don't recall it having phono connectors on it but need to remind myself. That would be a straightforward way of getting extra channels! Will investigate this week...
Pete the Feet
pfm Member
Hairy, it probably won't do that unless you have only a small number of files on the usb hard drive.
JohnW
pfm member
why? is the SBT very slow to index the HDD contents?
Pete the Feet
pfm Member
I'm not sure why, this is not from personal experience but there seems to be numerous reports of this facility not being up to scratch. I have seen it on this and other forums.
I was initially looking into just connecting a 1TB hard drive to one and was warned it probably would'nt work in many cases. It could be indexing as you say John.
HairyHaggis
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yes, i've heard this intermittently. some people seem to have issues for some reason. i might well try an sdd to see if that makes a difference.
Tw99
source last
My situation is: Main PC, with (Itunes) music database, upstairs in office, HiFi system & TV downstairs in lounge. So need something to get tunes from PC to HiFi. Didn't want to use another PC/laptop to do that. It's also useful as an Internet radio.
Robert
Tapehead
Brian, is that when indexing or also in general use?
That's disappointing.
If it worked well with a USB hard drive, you'd have no need for a NAS or a powered PC, or even a home network, in order to access your entire library. You'd have thought that it really ought to work just as well (if not better) with USB storage directly connected. The PS3 (for example) manages it very well, but doesn't have a well developed audio library interface (and requires a TV).
If it worked well with a USB hard drive, you'd have no need for a NAS or a powered PC, or even a home network, in order to access your entire library. You'd have thought that it really ought to work just as well (if not better) with USB storage directly connected. The PS3 (for example) manages it very well, but doesn't have a well developed audio library interface (and requires a TV).
Pete the Feet
pfm Member
I was wondering if by using Squeezebox Touch or Duet it negates the need for bitperfect and other settings? I store my library on iTunes in AIFF and access via a Duet.
Agreed, it is very disappointing. Tha wholre point of the thing, for me, was to lob on a Tb hdd with all my apple lossless on it and forget all this computer stuff.
Pete the Feet
pfm Member
Perhaps the new model will work better with a usb drive. If there is a new model of course. There must be a good reason for selling them off at nearly half price.