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As there seem to be a few of us that have this box of fun lets see them Wink

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My Touch sits on top of a Wadia Power DAC. Compact and Bijoux. Digital out directly into the amp which upsamples to 24 bit / 384 kHz. Amp tells me the incoming sample rate ... which is nice. Remote is a "One For All" XSight which controls both devices via infra red (although I occasionally use Squeeze Commander on a 7" Android tablet). Media server runs on a small and silent dual core ULV laptop and connection is wireless. Laptop set to wake up on wireless LAN.

PS I didn't bother with a NAS drive or RAID storage - music is backed up in 2 different places (as well as the original CDs!). Plus the power consumption of some 2/4 bay NAS drives when switched on 24/7 starts to get a bit excessive!

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Someing old, something new...kit as per sig.

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HP MediaSmart EX470 (WHS + SBS 7.6.2)

Touch into Leema Pulse III via coax.

Control via Logitech Harmony 885, iPeng on an old 2nd gen iPod or the servers own web interface on the laptop. Depends what else I'm doing at the time. The touch screen is completely redundant.

I also have the playback add-in for iPeng.

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nads wrote:

... lets see them Wink

No photo, guess I might have to take one and post it then!! See my sig Smile

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RE: Your Squeezebox Touch set up.

currently a temp set up as I am mid relocation from one contry to another fro work.

 

 

the Onk is just there as it takes less space there!

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Thats an imposing and impressive looking system. The Touch looks positvely dwarfed! Is the hifi rack from Wickes? Wink

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Present! Unfortunately my system is still a mess for now as I am still looking for right places for everything, so now pictures Smile. For now my SBT sits on top of my rDAC which sits on top of my fixed pc! Everything is controlled via squeezebox controller...but soon will be via iphone/ipad. 

Netgear Ready NAS Ultra 2 sits just under my router, not far from my pc.

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tino wrote:

My Touch sits on top of a Wadia Power DAC. Compact and Bijoux. Digital out directly into the amp which upsamples to 24 bit / 384 kHz. Amp tells me the incoming sample rate ... which is nice. Remote is a "One For All" XSight which controls both devices via infra red (although I occasionally use Squeeze Commander on a 7" Android tablet). Media server runs on a small and silent dual core ULV laptop and connection is wireless. Laptop set to wake up on wireless LAN.

PS I didn't bother with a NAS drive or RAID storage - music is backed up in 2 different places (as well as the original CDs!). Plus the power consumption of some 2/4 bay NAS drives when switched on 24/7 starts to get a bit excessive!

Nhaaa, the Netgear is around 35W in operation and about 15/20W when not used )if you activate the spin down disks option...I bet your laptop consumes more  rolling on the floor laughing

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acalex wrote:

tino wrote:

PS I didn't bother with a NAS drive or RAID storage - music is backed up in 2 different places (as well as the original CDs!). Plus the power consumption of some 2/4 bay NAS drives when switched on 24/7 starts to get a bit excessive!

Nhaaa, the Netgear is around 35W in operation and about 15/20W when not used )if you activate the spin down disks option...I bet your laptop consumes more  rolling on the floor laughing

In the spirit of pantomine .. oh no it doesn't! Wink ... 4.4W idling (8.8W wifi on) to 28.5W peak load (17.4W average), 7.6W charging. Usually zero when I switch it off .. although laptop set to WOL, I don't make too much use of that feature preferring to switch laptop on only when listening to my music library ... it's usually off when I'm listening to internet radio.

Good job I don't have a Class A amp ... although having one of those may allow me to cut down on the central heating energy usage Smile

PS One of the reasons I mentioned the Excito B3 server in another post is the very low power consumption .... 8W with 2TB disk and 5W with SSD which I think is pretty good (about £40 per year saving if you left it on 24/7), but as you say not exactly cheap for what you get.

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In the spirit of pantomine .. oh no it doesn't! Wink ... 4.4W idling (8.8W wifi on) to 28.5W peak load (17.4W average), 7.6W charging. Usually zero when I switch it off .. although laptop set to WOL, I don't make too much use of that feature preferring to switch laptop on only when listening to my music library ... it's usually off when I'm listening to internet radio.

Good job I don't have a Class A amp ... although having one of those may allow me to cut down on the central heating energy usage Smile

PS One of the reasons I mentioned the Excito B3 server in another post is the very low power consumption .... 8W with 2TB disk and 5W with SSD which I think is pretty good (about £40 per year saving if you left it on 24/7), but as you say not exactly cheap for what you get.

Oh, ok...apologies Smile! Yeah, I use the auto power on/power off function on my NAS so it is not 24/7 on. 

Yes, I listened to Plinius SA-103, a pure class A power amp and it sucks 500W continuously...but it automatically switchs in AB mode when there is no signal for 15/30 minutes which is quite useful.

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new rack sorted

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nads wrote:

new rack sorted

Nice rack ... (in the hifi sense of the phrase) ... 

PS What's the TT?

 

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project 2 Xperiance  withe a Rondo Red Cart. (X-pack)

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