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In Reply to: RE: Squeeze Box Touch Crusher posted by Sprezza Tura on May 15, 2015 at 14:12:21
No, I will not buy a smartphone or an ipod to use my stereo.
Other than that looks nice.
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You can get Android wi-fi tablets for well under $100 these days and they will be more than suitable for controlling various gadgets.
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So even it sounds superior, has a ton more features, digital and analog outputs, digital inputs, can be used with any server software, not just LMS, allows for streaming of any resolution, provides for external or internal storage, and is far more elegant..you will still cling? Enjoy.
A lot of the features that you list are already on the touch. As far as sounding better; Who Says?If it indeed had more features and sounded better, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. I have been looking for a better SB Touch for 5 years now, it does not exist. And this device is not one of them either!
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This is the last time I am going to spoon feed you information that is clearly there. You are going to negatively spin no matter what, because that is what you do.I own a SB Classic, and two touches, used them in every conceivable configuration..wireless, ethernet, attached storage, analog outputs, digital outputs, you name it.
If you had bothered, which I know you clearly did not, the features include digital outputs, AND inputs, DSD, the option for internal storage, Tidal, and Qobuz..AND more.
As far as sounding better, the Simaudio MiND and SOtM Mini Server are sonically superior, and having heard the Aries, which is also superior, I can't imagine the Aries Mini will not be also superior.
No run along.
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The Touch also streams Tidal and Qobuz.... Big Deal... Does this device stream spotify? With the Apps written for LMS by the SBT Community such as the Triode Spotify and Smart Mix, the software is vastly superior!
If you actually understood what the SBT can do you would not be spouting off!Now....You run Along Sonny !
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For those of you who find the SB Touch feature set to be just right for your needs, there will never be a better Touch.
Personally, I never really understood the appeal of the SB Touch, in particular having a slow & clunky (compared to say an iPhone) touch browsing & control interface that's tethered to the system. The Transporter + controller app made a lot more sense to me as an audiophile product, and I'm surprised that so many audiophiles went for the Touch and ignored the Transporter. There was a time when the Transporter with ModWright mods seemed like the way to go for me, but then DLNA broke out and I went with the open standard.
You guys can thank Slim Devices for making SlimServer open source and providing plugin API documentation. That should keep the SB platform relevant for a while longer.
1.) Ability to Stream any music service from the internet primarily. This is where all other streamers fall short.2.) Ability to stream Files (They all can do this)
3.) Prefer no internal DAC. Just increases Cost and is unnecessary for Audiophiles.
4.)Digital outputs.
5.) The real advantage of the Touch is LMS.... A single user friendly portal for all internet streaming services and your personal files.
Don't need a Screen or Remote and No Built in Amplifiers, Speakers, DACs either.... Or any Full Blown Windows or Apple PC hooked directly to my DAC either.
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