just rcvd my Squeezebox Touch!

sda2mike

ok....hooked up the new touch...playing 'the meters'...is it possible for the touch to have more low-end punch than the classic??? that's my immediate impression..highs seem more lively and active, if you will...bass is like my sub is on..my sub is only for the avr, but still:)

heiney9

It has been stated the Touch has a better dac section and some report a slightly better power supply section than previous versions, even though it's still a switching power supply. I am assuming you are not using a seperate stand alone dac?

It's a really nice product, enjoy!

H9

TennMan

I have a Pioneer DVD player that will rip songs from a CD and store them on a USB stick plugged into the front of the DVD player. You can also connect an external hard drive to it if you wish. No PC is needed.

It will rip the entire CD and put the songs in a folder on the USB stick or you can just select certain songs on a CD and store them in a folder. Once you have your songs ripped to the USB stick you can use the DVD remote to bring a list of the folders up on the TV screen. Then you select a folder (album) or individual song for playback. Besides not needing a TV turned on, [I usually turn it off after the music starts playing], would there be other advantages to the Squeezebox?

tonyb

Usually those songs are in MP3 format, so yes, a SB will outperform that scenario. Providing you use a lossless format, nothing makes MP3's sound good. Maybe better....but not good.

coolsax

getting my touch set up now.. its scanning the music files.. will it have to rescan everytime i add new music or when i load it up will it know its there?

heiney9

coolsax wrote: »

getting my touch set up now.. its scanning the music files.. will it have to rescan everytime i add new music or when i load it up will it know its there?

As far as I know you need to rescan when you add new music. Now that might have changed as I am not running the current software release yet, but I doubt it. It doesn't take long at all.

H9

FTGV

heiney9 wrote: »

Here is a large thread on Headfi about the op-amps

http://www.head-fi.org/t/397691/audio-gd-discrete-op-amps-reviewed-opa-earth-opa-moon-opa-sun-v-2

Thanks.

TennMan

tonyb wrote: »

Usually those songs are in MP3 format, so yes, a SB will outperform that scenario. Providing you use a lossless format, nothing makes MP3's sound good. Maybe better....but not good.

You are correct. It does save the songs as MP3s. You can select the compression but, like you say, they are still MP3s. Obviously I know very little about the SB. I assumed the songs played by the SB were MP3s. What format is used for the SB?

nspindel

heiney9 wrote: »

As far as I know you need to rescan when you add new music. Now that might have changed as I am not running the current software release yet, but I doubt it. It doesn't take long at all.

H9

A good trick to needing to avoid rescanning is navigate to the new music within SqueezeCenter directly by browsing from Music Folder. As soon as you navigate to the new tunes they get added to the database without scanning.

heiney9

TennMan wrote: »

What format is used for the SB?

It plays just about everything

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers-audio/wireless-music-systems/devices/5745

Google and the manufacturer's website is your friend

H9

coolsax

is the first scan though supposed to take awhile? i'm trying to run the qpkg for my qnap NAS but it seems to be taking forever. i'd like for it to work there if possible so i don't always have to have logitech media server always running in the background.

nspindel

First scan takes a long time, it's building the database from scratch.

heiney9

nspindel wrote: »

First scan takes a long time, it's building the database from scratch.

x2......

It should work on the Qnap then the processing will be there and not on your computer. You can then shut down your computer when not in use and still fully run your SQB from the Qnap.

H9

coolsax

yeah looks like its working now..thanks!

sda2mike

thanks, brock...i've been running an adcom gda600 DAC on my main system..that had a classic..all the others i have use the anolog outs..funny thing i noticed, the albums covers dont show up with files burned with...i forget the free software..hmm...anyway, the ones where i used wmp, have the pics...they were blazingly fast in burn as well..i'm sure i did something wrong;)..doesn't matter much, the tunes are there

tonyb

Did you have the error correction on ? Usually with it off it rips faster, with it on takes a tad longer.

Drenis

Well it's been decided. I told the girlfriend that I am selling the HTPC for purchase of a Squeezebox and Universal player. She has given the green light. Now I just need this to sell locally so I can place my orders.

SCompRacer

heiney9 wrote: »

Was that wrong? :biggrin: Now I can do that to Rob since he has your Nottingham now.


H9

Too bad you couldn't have been there. Rob and even your brother was pretty excited about the upgraded sound, I thought he was going to explode. Not use to see him get so excited about gear. It was a huge upgrade, it even surprised me with his modest phono stage.

Just curious, when you rescan for added music with Logitech Media Server, does your latest additions show up under New Music? I have to clear and rescan for the new stuff to show up. I may have done something with soundcheck's Touch Toolbox changes, can't recall.

dragon1952

nspindel wrote: »

A good trick to needing to avoid rescanning is navigate to the new music within SqueezeCenter directly by browsing from Music Folder. As soon as you navigate to the new tunes they get added to the database without scanning.

You can also just scan for new music.

nspindel

Navigating manually to the new music you want to add is much, much faster than a scan. If you know where the files are (presumably you do because you just put them somewhere) then it's going to take you no time to add the cd to the database.

As for the question about new music - Another scan does not clear out your new music. You'll see a list of everything that's been added going backwards in time. It's not just new music as in music from the most recent scan.

dragon1952

Not to argue...I'm sure that's a perfectly fine way to do it....but 'much, much faster'?
Click on the media server tray icon, click open control panel and on that same page select 'look for new and changed media files' (already there as default if you've used it before) and click 'Scan. So basically 3 mouse clicks. Can't get much faster than that.

nspindel

Yes, but then you need to wait for the scan to finish, which can take a while with a large library. If you just navigate to the new music via the music folder, it gets added to the database instantly.

dragon1952

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dragon1952

But you're just scanning for new music. I just did it and it took around 15 seconds. My library is over 300 CD's. I guess if you had thousands it might take 60-90 secs, but then again if you had that many it might take that long to open the interface and browse for the new music....especially if there was more than one new CD.

nspindel

Depends on the size of your music collection. Also, my music is on a nas and the server is on a pc, so scans across the network take longer.

dragon1952

whatever.....I guess it's kind of a dumb debate anyway :cheesygrin:

nspindel

No shortage of those in this place!

rromeo923

Any great deals on Squeezebox Touch happening now?

coolsax

actually you missed some of the better deals... i got mine for under 230 from electronics expo on Amazon.. however they've gone back up to around 250+ for the various vendors ...

polkatese

watch Amazon, I got mine for $217.