Synchronization on the Touch?

[tcutting]

As I read a bit about the touch, I wonder how well it synchronizes? It "appears" it is very similar to the controller, which I recall is more like a "software" player, and therefore doesn't synch as accurately as a "hardware" player. Is the touch truly a "hardware" player but with "controller" software? Can the beta testers chime in on the synch performance?

[awy]

Synchronization will be perfect on the Touch. (there are other issues with the Controller.)

[sander]

Is syncing on the controller a lost cause? I'm hoping the spinning wheel of frustration will get some love out of this.

[Matt Wise]

Just to add a bit to this ... I've been a bit of a pain in the rear to Alan about Sync with Squeezeplay-based players recently -- I very regularly sync a Radio and Boom together, so if its not perfect I give him a bit of a hard time. :)

The sync takes about a half second to become perfect (at the beginning of the song) but after that it seems to be spot-on. I actually have the Radio and Boom in the same room and the audio is just perfectly-on-time. FYI this is syncing FLAC over WiFi on both players...

[awy]

Is syncing on the controller a lost cause?

I think that it is most-likely a lost cause. There are hardware issues which probably cannot be resolved. If you time a controller you will find that it does not actually play at the correct speed.