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by Toontrev
Sun Aug 30, 2020 3:58 pm
Forum: Admin-Intro-Chitchat
Topic: Happy Birthday to you....
Replies: 429
Views: 156541

Re: Happy Birthday to you....

Thanks chaps
by Toontrev
Fri Aug 28, 2020 2:41 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Tinker, Tailor, Streamer, Pi.
Replies: 793
Views: 249578

Re: Tinker, Tailor, Streamer, Pi.

Fret, I'd be very intrigued to find out what you think of the Mini PC after you give it a spin. There aren't many dedicated streamers out there without a DAC onboard so I can see the attraction. Of the ones that are available some are horrendously expensive, I'm left wondering what a dedicated strea...
by Toontrev
Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:38 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Live Music in the North-East
Replies: 1
Views: 1178

Live Music in the North-East

Local hero Sam Fender hosted the UK's first socially distance friendly gig last night. Step-daughter was there with her boyfriend. The organisers have a number of gigs lined up over the next few weeks, the missus and me have our tickets for Van Morrison in 3 weeks time. How odd is this- https://imgu...
by Toontrev
Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:44 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Obits
Replies: 1112
Views: 694460

Re: Obits

Just read about the passing of Martin Birch, Engineer & Producer of so many Hard Rock bands in the 70's and 80's. His name will be on a record sleeve in most folks album collections. Deep Purple, Rainbow, Sabbath, Iron Maiden to name just a few.
by Toontrev
Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:50 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: Using Raspberry Pi 4 as a stand alone streamer
Replies: 7
Views: 2745

Re: Using Raspberry Pi 4 as a stand alone streamer

Hi Bencat
Would you consider upgrading from a Pi 3 to 4 using an existing DAC HAT?
Cheers
Trevor
by Toontrev
Fri Jun 26, 2020 11:41 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Your last listen
Replies: 8378
Views: 2170984

Re: Your last listen

Glad you heard it. I heard it last week on 6 music. I was impressed. Some very good songs and some average, for a first listen. But overall impressed. Im sure it will grow. It sounds a bit like a possible ''rounding things up'' or maybe recycling some old stock, much like Bowie's ' next day' It's t...
by Toontrev
Fri Jun 19, 2020 10:02 am
Forum: Music
Topic: New Music
Replies: 4
Views: 1904

New Music

2020 will be a year no ones likely to forget for all the wrong reasons but on the bright side, is it just me or does anyone else think its been a cracking year so far for new albums :?: I've been listening to some great stuff over the last few months, massive shame for the artists that they can't go...
by Toontrev
Tue May 26, 2020 2:45 pm
Forum: DIY
Topic: Tidal set up?
Replies: 0
Views: 2400

Tidal set up?

The RPi3+ Allo Boss Combo has recently undergone a Volumio upgrade so that I could sample the latest Tidal offer which was mentioned on here a few weeks ago. Big thanks to whoever mentioned it, very impressed so far. Not only is it possible to download albums onto your phone, it's also possible to p...
by Toontrev
Wed May 06, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Obits
Replies: 1112
Views: 694460

Re: Obits

A member of a very influential and much loved by myself band Kraftwerk, has sadly passed. Florian Schneider aged 73.
by Toontrev
Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:15 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: It's so Ethereal
Replies: 206
Views: 51642

Re: It's so Ethereal

Replaced the thin white flat cable between the Router and Pi with some Cat 8 stuff off ebay. Its very rigid, much thicker and has gold plated plugs. I thought it was a noticable improvement, for just over a tenner definatley worth a go. Deeper bass, more presence etc. TBH, had a bit of a 'wow wasnt ...