Squeezebox Touch-tips, tricks & tweaks
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Reported.Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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Received my duet controller last night for my Touch--now that's what I'm talking about! Very nice.
I really did not like that controller, the wheel is such a pain in the ****, tbh, and I found it was very slow as well. If it were me, I would have spent that money on an old ipod touch just to run ipeng on. YMMV, but I prefer iPeng over the Logitech controller any day.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance. -
I can see how large thumbs would struggle, but so far it's working well for me. The wheel is a little hokey--and takes some dexderity, but I'm getting there.Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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I bought a Duet controller for my Touch's also (or is it Touchi). I can't imagine being without it.2 channel - Willsenton R8 tube integrated, Holo Audio Spring 3 KTE DAC, audio optimized NUC7i5, Windows 10 Pro/JRiver MC29/Fidelizer Plus 8.7 w/LPS and external SSD drive, PS Audio PerfectWave P3 regenerator, KEF R3 speakers, Rythmik F12SE subwoofer, Audioquest Diamond USB cable, Gabriel Gold IC's, Morrow Audio SP5 speaker cables. Computer - Windows 10/JRiver, Schiit Magni 3+/Modi 3+, Fostex PMO.4n monitors, Sennheiser HD600 headphones
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Have you tried an app yet? Once I tried an app on the phone with a touch screen, I couldn't stand that remote.
Not to mention, again, the app let's you play remotely. I have a Squeezebox in my car!Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance. -
I bought an Android tablet just to use as my Touch remote. It hasn't arrived yet but I'll let you all know how it works out.
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I bought an Android tablet just to use as my Touch remote. It hasn't arrived yet but I'll let you all know how it works out.
cubdog
same functionality like SqueezePad?
I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie. -
Have you tried an app yet? Once I tried an app on the phone with a touch screen, I couldn't stand that remote.
Not to mention, again, the app let's you play remotely. I have a Squeezebox in my car! -
I bought an Android tablet just to use as my Touch remote. It hasn't arrived yet but I'll let you all know how it works out.
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My parents' have squeeze commander on their Motorola Xoom tablet and I have it on my Galaxy S2 - works well. Very similar to iPeng on the iPhone / iPad minus the player functionality. Have to use Squeezeplayer app for that.ALL BOXED UP for a while until I save up for a new place
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Sweet video. Home boy has the Transporter! NICE!!!Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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Do you have to activate a cell phone to use it as a remote? (sorry I'm cell phone challenged)Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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Do you have to activate a cell phone to use it as a remote? (sorry I'm cell phone challenged)
I am afraid so, how would you DL the app to run it?
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
see my disclaimer...LOLSource: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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I am afraid so, how would you DL the app to run it?
H9
Nah, Brock you can use wifi. You can always use an unactivated iPhone as an overpriced iPod Touch. I've seen posts from folks who have gone out and bought an older generation iPod Touch on the cheap for the single purpose of running a Squeezebox app on it.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance. -
Nah, Brock you can use wifi. You can always use an unactivated iPhone as an overpriced iPod Touch. I've seen posts from folks who have gone out and bought an older generation iPod Touch on the cheap for the single purpose of running a Squeezebox app on it.
I guess I hadn't thought of that. I suppose that would apply to an Android based phone as well.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
mdaudioguy wrote: »Which one did you get? I was thinking the same thing when those $99 HP Touchpads were selling out, but I was too slow to get one.
cubdogShuguang Classic S8MK
Emotiva XDA-2
Bel Canto M300 mono blocks
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Once you get used to using a touch screen app, you will absolutely hate the thumb wheel on the duet controller. Mark my words.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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I'm sure of that. The wheel is a pain in the butt, no doubt.Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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Once you get used to using a touch screen app, you will absolutely hate the thumb wheel on the duet controller. Mark my words.
Doubt it. I hate touchscreens. I'll take tactile controls over a control that I have to look at to use with zero tactile feedback any day. The only reason I own a Touchpad was because of the fire sale pricing, and the first accessory I bought for it was the bluetooth keyboard. Touchscreens are a fad.
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Impossible to use the duet remote without looking at the device. It's all screen/menu driven, but controlled with a thumbwheel and a center button.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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So the boxes came last night, and I've been playing with the format. First impression is very good. CI power supply looks is impressively clean and worth its place in the display. I configured iPad, iPhone, and Harmony One. All configured painlessly. Download the Media Server and scanned my Macbook Pro for all audio (it picked up all formats flawlessly). I ripped one of my Bob James CD (Playin' Hooky) in AIFF. Trying to objectively assess it within the next few hours to hear if I can draw any meaningful conclusion. So far so good. Btw, it goes to the Pre/Pro on SDIF Coax using AQ mid-grade cable, thought about upgrading the IEC but I think I might overdone it if I do.
Here is an interesting part: Playin' Hookie album is a HDCD, so I when I ripped it using iTunes AIFF format, it brought over in HDCD version. How do I know? because the Marantz decoding it in HDCD (it lights up during playback).
How cool is that?I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie. -
That's the one i used.
I guess the just don't like me!
Damn!
Actually, no, I think you're right. They were very responsive to me right up until the point where I paid them. But that was going on three weeks ago, and I still haven't received my eff'ing wire from Welborne, and they have not responded to my inquiries asking where it is. Ridiculous.Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance. -
But that was going on three weeks ago, and I still haven't received my eff'ing wire from Welborne, and they have not responded to my inquiries asking where it is.
I guess their service hasn't changed much since some of the RAS members got our Welborne Labs power supplies. And that was a year and some months ago. They sent my kit and the wire and/or sleeving followed a week or so later.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
So the boxes came last night, and I've been playing with the format. First impression is very good. CI power supply looks is impressively clean and worth its place in the display.
Kewl! Dusty does a nice job. I've owned some of his gear previously.
I prefer my Droid over the Controller. When I didn't have a Droid, I loved that Controller.Salk SoundScape 8's * Audio Research Reference 3 * Bottlehead Eros Phono * Park's Audio Budgie SUT * Krell KSA-250 * Harmonic Technology Pro 9+ * Signature Series Sonore Music Server w/Deux PS * Roon * Gustard R26 DAC / Singxer SU-6 DDC * Heavy Plinth Lenco L75 Idler Drive * AA MG-1 Linear Air Bearing Arm * AT33PTG/II & Denon 103R * Richard Gray 600S * NHT B-12d subs * GIK Acoustic Treatments * Sennheiser HD650 * -
Thanks Rich. I guess over the decade of being here I am used to do business with outstanding fellows like Frank Dai, Gary Dodd, Joe Abrams, et. al., and dealing with Dusty, I am placing him in the same category as these select few Gents.
By the way, I am giddy like a little boy over this little gem of display options on this Touch: ANALOG display of a pair of VU Meter! just wow.
sorry for the lousy pics quality..I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie. -
Not to take anything away from Dusty and CIA, but the Welborne is well built too. They are just very slow and unresponsive, which I realize leads to suspicion. In the future I will probably recommend CIA for your power supply needs. IIRC, they didn't offer anything for the Touch when all of us in the RAS bought ours. Plus the Welborne was 20% off. I hope Welborne comes through for you guys.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
WTF is the RAS?Good music, a good source, and good power can make SDA's sing. Tubes make them dance.
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WTF is the RAS?
Rockford Audio Society or Regional Audio Society :razz:
myself
Ricardo
Doug (dkg999)
Rich (SCompracer)
my brother (Blakeh)
all bought Touch's and Welborne supplies at the same time, when Ricardo found a 30% off on-line coupon.
A bunch of us local polkies who hang out on occassion.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
Nah, Brock you can use wifi. You can always use an unactivated iPhone as an overpriced iPod Touch. I've seen posts from folks who have gone out and bought an older generation iPod Touch on the cheap for the single purpose of running a Squeezebox app on it.
Yup you don't need an activated phone or a phone w/ a sim card in it or anything. hell my old iPhone 3GS' Navigon GPS app still works without any actual service But yah ..any unactivated Android phone / tablet or Iphone / iPod Touch over wifi will do the trick. The squeezebox controller was made obsolete the day iPeng and Squeezecommander came out.ALL BOXED UP for a while until I save up for a new place
Home Theater:
KEF Q900s / MIT Shotgun S3 / MIT CVT2 ICs | KEF Q600C | Polk FXi5 | BJC Wire | Signal / AQ ICs | Shunyata / Pangea PCs | Pioneer Elite SC 57 | Parasound NC2100 Pre | NAD M25 | Marantz SA8001 | Schiit Gungnir DAC | SB Touch
2 Channel:
Polk LSi9 (xo mods), Polk DSW MicroPro 2000 sub | NAD c375BEE | W4S DAC1 | SB Touch | Marantz SA-8001 | MIT AVt 2 | Kimber Hero / AQ / Signal ICs | Shunyata / Signal PCs