All I need right now is a replacment for a dead CD-Player that is easy to use. I don't need a built in server. A simple client like the old Squeezebox would soffice but with the touchscreen.
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The built in server in the Touch adresses a need in the market.
Many struggle with (more or less supported) NAS installations of SC.
Making to version of the product would cost more and confuse buyers in the store, the idea is to make the whole experience simpler.
If you have no need for the built-in server, simply don't use it.Vote for "Nap feature": http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14208
Sboxes: Duet, Classic, Radio, 2 Boom's
Server: HP Laptop, Core i5-540M, 4Gb DDR3, WOL (Wake-on-lan), 1.7watt suspended, Windows 7, LMS 7.7
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For the low price I have seen some people using the Touch as a controller. Not a player or a server. Just to control their other players. This is the advantage of mass produced commodity hardware. It can have a lot of features you don't use.rip, tag, get cover art… All you do is insert the CD!
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Like Letten said, you can ignore the built-in server on the SBT. Or if you don't need the touchscreen to be attached to the player, there is the combination of "old" SB being controlled remotely by an iPhone or iPod Touch and the iPeng app. Indeed, from comments on these forums it seems that a lot of people prefer the touchscreen to be separate from the player.Main system: SB3 > Emotiva XDA-1 > NAD C 325BEE > Vandersteen 1
Living room: SB2 > Audioengine HD6
Kitchen/dining: SB2 > AudioSource AMP 100 > 2-pairs of Polk Audio RC60i in-ceiling speakers
Deck/patio: SB Receiver > AudioSource AMP 100 > Polk Atrium 45
Study: Squeezelite-X on Win10 laptop with cheapo Logitech speakers
Bedroom: SB Radio
Quiet time: Hifiman Sundara headphones plugged into NAD amp or iPhone + AudioQuest Dragonfly Red DAC/amp
LMS 8.5 running on a Raspberry Pi3 (piCore), controlled using iPeng and SB ControllersComment
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Re: Why no "touch lite"?
Are there many people using the Touch then? If so, where do they get them from?Originally posted by agillis
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Lounge: Naim NDX with Touch as controller, Naim NAP 180, NAC 82, NAPSC, HiCap, Shahinian Arc speakers
Kitchen/outside: Chromecast audio, Azatom iBigBoy 2 (500W)
And... SB+, radios & tons of Chromecasts... all run from LMS and controlled via Material Skin on any nearby device and a couple of Touchs.Comment
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Just guessing at what he might be talking about, I think he might have been referring to Beta Testers that have been talking about Controlling other Squeezeboxes from a desk, end table, or even in-wall mounted Touch. I know I have made some similar comments on how I have been using my Beta Touch.iPhone
Media Room:
ModWright Platinum Signature Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer
Living Room:
Transporter, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1
Office: Touch with Vandersteen VSM-1s
Kitchen: Touch in-wall mount w/ Thiel Powerpoint 1.2s
Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM
Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio
Around the House: SliMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3
Ford Thunderbird: SB Touch, USB drive
Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB driveComment
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How about finding an SB3 or Receiver?
Of course by the time you find one the Touch will probably be available. I can tell you this from using a Beta Touch, it is worth waiting for. And as others have said, the built in Tiny SBS server is only one of several features available and not required to use the Touch in a number of situations it can service.
And as far as value, the cost is the same as the unit it is replacing when the SB3 was brand new.iPhone
Media Room:
ModWright Platinum Signature Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Wood Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1, Vandersteen V2W Subwoofer
Living Room:
Transporter, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1
Office: Touch with Vandersteen VSM-1s
Kitchen: Touch in-wall mount w/ Thiel Powerpoint 1.2s
Bedroom: Squeezebox BOOM
Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio
Around the House: SliMP3, SB1, SB2, SB3
Ford Thunderbird: SB Touch, USB drive
Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB driveComment
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