Squeezbox toutch assistence requested

[JOHNNYCR100]

Hi Gents,

I have a Logitech squeezebox touch and would like to modified it along the following lines (no clams for originality here by the way!)

1. Could the power supply's (5 volt and 3 volt??) be modified by a Flea low voltage regulator?- would this address the noise issues at the regulators where it matters?........er how do you do it??

2. Would the touch respond well to a flea based clock (as it was originally intended for) if so what frequency (do you need 1 or 2 clocks here?)
and er....--how do you do it??

3. I don't have wifi/internet but using a wireless router could I use a "App" like ipeng to control the device and bin the touch screen (then put it all in a nice Modu type box?

4. Tap the 12S out to feed a red baron DAC.....again I don't know how (but I have the DAC+PSU)

I have trolled threads and found limited information on some of the above but not enough to enable me to "rip in" to the squeezebox and risk it, but I would love to try (something along the lines of Mr Lampizator with his squeezebox Duet project--perhaps?)

I can solder and basically read a circuit diagram and have access to good tools at work- but can find no tutorial or graphic information of how to implement the above .

Any idea's gents?

Johnny

 

[Pano]

I have one of these little things and have never used the analog outputs except to check if they worked.

Using a good external DAC make a lot more sense to me than trying to hack the poor little Squeezebox. That's how I use it. Let the Squeezebox supply the digital stream (which it does well), then put your time, money and effort into a good DAC. That would be my idea and what works for me.

 

[JOHNNYCR100]

Squeezbox optmisation nececarry if you have a decent DAC?

Hi Pano,

Thanks for the advice, I already run the squeezebox through my Buffalo 2 DAC so as far as that goes I guess I am covered,so... is there actually any point then in a better PSU or clock installed in the squeezbox? if i have a decent DAC downstream??- (or is overall jitter reduced if the source feeding the DAC is optimized first?)


thanks

Johnny

 

[Pano]

That's hard to say because you'll get so many different opinions on it.
From my point of view I care about:

1. Is bit perfect playback possible?
2. Is the SPDIF signal strong enough to reliably drive the following device?
3. Does the connection carry noise that gets to the final output?
4. Is jitter visible in an FFT of the output? Is it enough to be audible?

For the squeezebox touch I've found those answers to be:

1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Not that I can hear
4. Barely - I don't think so.

Not all transports do as well.

Other people will have other ideas. Ask for proof of improvements if someone reports them.