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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #60 on: May 09, 2013 at 11:29 PM »
Pwede din yung squeezebox radio.

"...Logitech Squeezebox Radio plays Internet radio and digital music files over your home Wi-Fi network "


Mas maganda lang nga yung touch but at 3x the price of this.

May pre-out ba sya?
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #61 on: May 09, 2013 at 11:32 PM »
Squeezbox Touch pala to be specific...  ;D

Hindi ka talaga demanding ha...  ;D

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #62 on: May 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM »
Finally had a little time after working on the HT ..

The discussions here perked my curiosity of what can be done using existing resources ..So here is my stand alone media player for Audio . I had all the components on hand  , it was  just the right mix of software to install .

Essentially a standalone headless squeezebox player , but this time the server (LMS) is also on the same device



USB HDD -> Pogoplug -> Usb Dac. ( your choice of usb dac that works under linux )




Remote control via Ipeng on Iphone

Still more work to finalize but the basics are working ...

But my plan is really just to use this pogoplug as my Audio only media server running 24/7 at 5 watts , to replace the vortexbox


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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #63 on: Aug 06, 2013 at 08:49 AM »
Backread this entire thread because I'm thinking of a cheap source for my Sakura hybrid amp.  Hopefully, it would play FLAC and would sound good.

Was initially thinking about a 2nd hand ipod but read somewhere it does not natively play FLAC and, even playing ALAC, the iPod's cache may be too small.

Now thinking about a Sansa.  Anyone tried this?
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #64 on: Aug 06, 2013 at 12:08 PM »
Backread this entire thread because I'm thinking of a cheap source for my Sakura hybrid amp.  Hopefully, it would play FLAC and would sound good.

Was initially thinking about a 2nd hand ipod but read somewhere it does not natively play FLAC and, even playing ALAC, the iPod's cache may be too small.

Now thinking about a Sansa.  Anyone tried this?

i use to have sansa clip+ rockboxed and its one of the best audio player i ever heard on its pricepoint.and btw i can even play high bandwidth(24/192h) FLAC that my cowon j3 cannot play :) :) :)

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #65 on: Aug 06, 2013 at 12:33 PM »
Ding, if you are thinking of an audio setup, I suggest you think harder and consider one and one only para you save on upgrades...  :) mahirap papalit palit kasi.  :D

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #66 on: Aug 06, 2013 at 01:37 PM »
Thanks, Sonny.  This will be just for our dining room where my wife likes to work online.  I plan to surprise her with a Sakura AV200T setup.  So I'm not looking at an audiophile's dream system.  Something that's decent and works.

Am actually building the hall table and speaker stands (for wharfe 9.1) now.
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #67 on: Aug 06, 2013 at 01:59 PM »
Thanks, Sonny.  This will be just for our dining room where my wife likes to work online.  I plan to surprise her with a Sakura AV200T setup.  So I'm not looking at an audiophile's dream system.  Something that's decent and works.

Am actually building the hall table and speaker stands (for wharfe 9.1) now.
Seems you need background music that won't need banking brader, you can use the ipod and use mp3 instead of flac. These format wars really affect the most revealing of systems for one to distinguish. Save the money and use what you have. It should be fine...

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #68 on: Aug 06, 2013 at 04:20 PM »
Seems you need background music that won't need banking brader, you can use the ipod and use mp3 instead of flac. These format wars really affect the most revealing of systems for one to distinguish. Save the money and use what you have. It should be fine...

Salamat, Sonny.  I think I still have a 2nd gen iphone or some old ipods I can spare.  Will just get a cheap dock that provides line out.
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #69 on: Feb 14, 2014 at 07:52 PM »
Read this from the first post too, pareho din ang problema ko, na sana may digital music player in the simplest form without breaking the bank....olive, squeezebox, pricey naman...maybe, for you braders who's into digital would please post your set up. For me, I'm using this set up to play flac/mp3 files

expansion portable drive --> asus o!play -->(via HDMI)AVR -->HDTV(as the monitor)

hassle is turning on the TV tuwing mag select ng folder/album to play.... :(
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #70 on: Feb 14, 2014 at 08:32 PM »
cheapest cguro is buy a decent PMP/DAP then connect it to your AMP

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #71 on: Feb 14, 2014 at 09:31 PM »
Read this from the first post too, pareho din ang problema ko, na sana may digital music player in the simplest form without breaking the bank....olive, squeezebox, pricey naman...maybe, for you braders who's into digital would please post your set up. For me, I'm using this set up to play flac/mp3 files

expansion portable drive --> asus o!play -->(via HDMI)AVR -->HDTV(as the monitor)

hassle is turning on the TV tuwing mag select ng folder/album to play.... :(

Dati, i'm also using media player. You can buy a cheap 7" monitor (ako from cdrking) and plug it sa analog video output ng media player mo. May monitor ka na without turning on your TV!

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #72 on: Feb 14, 2014 at 10:40 PM »
Read this from the first post too, pareho din ang problema ko, na sana may digital music player in the simplest form without breaking the bank....olive, squeezebox, pricey naman...maybe, for you braders who's into digital would please post your set up. For me, I'm using this set up to play flac/mp3 files

expansion portable drive --> asus o!play -->(via HDMI)AVR -->HDTV(as the monitor)

hassle is turning on the TV tuwing mag select ng folder/album to play.... :(

Baka binebenta ni Louie yung kanyang Cambridge Audio NP30, he bought it from me... Sound is really good. I even connected it to my Rega DAC and compared it to it's built in DAC, wala ako ma notice na difference. Why ko binenta if you ask? Mas gusto ko mag play sa Laptop kasi sa sobrang dami kong DIgital files(40K files) mas madali at mas mabilis mag organize ng music he he he...
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #73 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 07:45 AM »
Bakit di nalang lumang laptop kahit core2duo around 6-8K nalang ata ngayon plus musiland 01 DAC. Yan target ko na di lagpas sa 12KPhp budget.

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #74 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 10:18 AM »
Dati, i'm also using media player. You can buy a cheap 7" monitor (ako from cdrking) and plug it sa analog video output ng media player mo. May monitor ka na without turning on your TV!
pwede!!! Pero sabi mo "Dati", ano na gamit mo ngayon sir?
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #75 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM »
cheapest cguro is buy a decent PMP/DAP then connect it to your AMP
sensya na sir, pero ano yang PMP/DAP?
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #76 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 10:24 AM »
Baka binebenta ni Louie yung kanyang Cambridge Audio NP30, he bought it from me... Sound is really good. I even connected it to my Rega DAC and compared it to it's built in DAC, wala ako ma notice na difference. Why ko binenta if you ask? Mas gusto ko mag play sa Laptop kasi sa sobrang dami kong DIgital files(40K files) mas madali at mas mabilis mag organize ng music he he he...
Bakit di nalang lumang laptop kahit core2duo around 6-8K nalang ata ngayon plus musiland 01 DAC. Yan target ko na di lagpas sa 12KPhp budget.
pwede rin ito, mahanap yung lumang laptop, wala lang baterya at charger yun e...he he
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #77 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 01:24 PM »
pwede rin ito, mahanap yung lumang laptop, wala lang baterya at charger yun e...he he

Yan sir pwedeng pwede 50% savings agad pag sa budget ko yan :) Gusto ko marinig yung musiland 01 latest version capable na sa high res audio files, di ko lang sure kung naka sale pa.

http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php/topic,159512.0.html

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #78 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 02:05 PM »
Dati, i'm also using media player. You can buy a cheap 7" monitor (ako from cdrking) and plug it sa analog video output ng media player mo. May monitor ka na without turning on your TV!

Paano mo ginawa sir? pwede bang dual display yan? I also would want to do this. I have an NMT connected to the AVR via HDMI. Ayoko i on an pj pag mag music. I don't listen to a lot of music naman pag may inuman lang. For some reason I have a lot of FLAC files. I tried to look for an app that's UnPP or DLNA that will also serve as a remote but to no avail. Found some pero walang playlist, or even continuous playing. Every song kelangan mo i play one at a time.
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #79 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 03:01 PM »
has anyone tried the cambridge audio stream magic 6? seems like a solid media player/streamer.

http://www.cambridgeaudio.com/products/stream-magic-6-upsampling-network-music-player

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #80 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 06:03 PM »
Is the CA Magic 6 locally available now? Where can i buy this one?

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #81 on: Feb 15, 2014 at 11:20 PM »
Yan sir pwedeng pwede 50% savings agad pag sa budget ko yan :) Gusto ko marinig yung musiland 01 latest version capable na sa high res audio files, di ko lang sure kung naka sale pa.

http://www.pinoydvd.com/index.php/topic,159512.0.html

Yes sir. It is on sale only till stock lasts. Bagay yan sa 125SX mo even without the preamp. I used the headphone output ng Musiland 01 para malakas ang current. Try mo sir. Bring your amp sa ating mga suking dealers. Magiging iba ang resolution ng system mo without the preamp.

pwede!!! Pero sabi mo "Dati", ano na gamit mo ngayon sir?

PC ang source ko ngayon sir. Dual screen, small LCD monitor and PJ. Off ang PJ when listening to music.

Paano mo ginawa sir? pwede bang dual display yan? I also would want to do this. I have an NMT connected to the AVR via HDMI. Ayoko i on an pj pag mag music. I don't listen to a lot of music naman pag may inuman lang. For some reason I have a lot of FLAC files. I tried to look for an app that's UnPP or DLNA that will also serve as a remote but to no avail. Found some pero walang playlist, or even continuous playing. Every song kelangan mo i play one at a time.

Yes, pwedeng dual display. Yun HDMI output ng NMT goes to your HD monitor/PJ. Then yun analog video coaxial output (yellow RCA output) ng NMT goes to the analog coaxial (yellow) input ng 7" CDRking monitor. Hassle lang yun power wires and rca wire when you move the 7" monitor so make sure na bundled properly and manipis ang power ang RCA wire na gamit mo.You won't be requiring HD display naman while viewing your music files kaya ok na ang resolution ng 480p analog output ng NMT.

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #82 on: Feb 16, 2014 at 12:31 AM »

PC ang source ko ngayon sir. Dual screen, small LCD monitor and PJ. Off ang PJ when listening to music.

Yes, pwedeng dual display. Yun HDMI output ng NMT goes to your HD monitor/PJ. Then yun analog video coaxial output (yellow RCA output) ng NMT goes to the analog coaxial (yellow) input ng 7" CDRking monitor. Hassle lang yun power wires and rca wire when you move the 7" monitor so make sure na bundled properly and manipis ang power ang RCA wire na gamit mo.You won't be requiring HD display naman while viewing your music files kaya ok na ang resolution ng 480p analog output ng NMT.

hth.

Very nice indeed. Thank you for the inputs. this saves a lot of money and headache.
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #83 on: Feb 17, 2014 at 04:33 PM »
Popcornhour A400 for me, you don't need the separate dac and monitor.  :)

Install "Na remote for PCH" app to your android cellphone in order for you to browse your music files in your hdd without turning on your tv. The pro version is better, but I am ok (for now) with the free version. I find this better than the NMJ app and PCH remote app.

http://www.cloudmedia.com/products/popcornhour/store-a-400

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Enjoy better than CD audio quality with DSD codec support on the A-400! DSD stores music data in 1-bit and a sampling rate of 2.8224Mhz which is 64 times the CD Audio sampling rate of 44.1 kHz.
No more expensive DAC or additional equipment, Popcorn Hour A-400 is all you ever need for high quality video and audio media.

How does it sound with my system? ... I love music!  ;D

The new Popcornhour A410 is better though, according to the website above since it has a better dac.  :(

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #84 on: Feb 17, 2014 at 04:35 PM »
sensya na sir, pero ano yang PMP/DAP?

Portable Media Player or Digital Audio Player (AK100/120,FiiO X3/X5,Ibasso DX50/100 etc)

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #85 on: Feb 17, 2014 at 04:59 PM »
Portable Media Player or Digital Audio Player (AK100/120,FiiO X3/X5,Ibasso DX50/100 etc)
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #86 on: Feb 23, 2014 at 08:37 AM »
found this, matagal ng natanggal ito from my car at naitabi....a headrest LCD monitor....guys, could you help me please to convert this and install/connect to my media player as its monitor...


cleaned




opened


which wire for power supply?
what wire for the videos?


what are things should I do?

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #87 on: Feb 23, 2014 at 09:00 AM »
Not sure if it falls under this.  But I got an Oppo 103D player. While it is labelled as a bluray player, I use it as a media player since I don't own bluray content.

I plug my external hard drive with music (encoded in lossless FLAC format from my cd collection), so I can control  what I'm playing through my TV because it will display in the screen.

Once I have decided what to listen to, the player has a "pure audio" switch which turns off the display to make the circuitry work mainly on the sound for a cleaner signal.

The Oppo has a Cirrus Logic DAC which is also used by some top receivers like Marantz, etc, and the stereo quality is really good.  The 105D has an even better DAC but costs a lot more also.

So that is really my way to play media files through an external hard drive to produce great music.
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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #88 on: Feb 23, 2014 at 01:09 PM »
found this, matagal ng natanggal ito from my car at naitabi....a headrest LCD monitor....guys, could you help me please to convert this and install/connect to my media player as its monitor...


cleaned




opened


which wire for power supply?
what wire for the videos?


what are things should I do?
TIA

Yun black wire bundle sa ilalim lang ba ang connections going to the Head Unit?

Is the male port (dulo ng black wire bundle) connected to the female port sa itaas?

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Re: Media Player for Audio Only
« Reply #89 on: Feb 23, 2014 at 01:26 PM »
Yun black wire bundle sa ilalim lang ba ang connections going to the Head Unit?

Is the male port (dulo ng black wire bundle) connected to the female port sa itaas?
yes sir nelson, black bundle to head unit. With a male connector sa dulo.... yan lang ang wires, from left, pink,black, blue, black and red
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