 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
73.229.163.4
Used my Amazon Prime VISA points and Amazon gift cards from Christmas to upgrade my remote control. The old 9.7" iPad was OK but the new iPad Air 13" is more responsive and the screen icons and text are much easier on my aging eyes.iPad 13" touch screen remote control for my Roon centric music server & streaming setup:
13" iPad Air as Roon Remote:
Albums do not reside on the iPad. It is simply a remote control. Music resides on my Synology NAS, Mac Mini, or Qobuz & Tidal streaming services.Simplified system block diagram:
Edits: 01/30/25Follow Ups:
Nice set up....if that is a soundbar, what did you end up going with .... any current recommendations ?
The Sonos ARC soundbar can be used standalone by itself via HDMI cable to the TV. I ran it that way for a while and it was excellent. Additional wireless Sonos speakers and Sonos sub can be added later as budget permits. Our setup has the soundbar, sub, and two rear surrounds. Since these are wireless there are no speaker cables to run and since it is wireless over Wifi (vs Bluetooth) there's no perceptible latency or dropouts - which is more common in wireless Bluetooth setups. But you need decent Wifi. There's a phone App that you use for setup including the usual bass, treble, sub output level, rear surround level, and voice enhancement.The Sonos setup is completely separate from the rest of the audio system which makes it super easy for my wife (and me). Just turn ON the TV and the speakers are active, and control it with the TV remote (or in our case the CableTV remote programmed for our brand of TV).
Sonos just released the Sonos ARC Ultra soundbar ($999) a couple months ago. The original ARC is now about $700 - $750.
P.S. The soundbar is a big step up from the TV speakers but the surround effects don't really come into play unless it's in the source material - in other words, mostly movies.
Edits: 02/02/25 02/02/25
My preference for music control is a grown-up PC.
My PC has a 27" screen, but my reason for preferring to use a PC is that the use of a mouse to click on selected albums or tracks is far less likely to cause an unwanted interruption of what's playing compared with a screen touch. Tiny (or even larger iPad screens are all too easy to touch accidentally while picking them up, or using a finger that's fatter than the tiny icon that allows Play Now, Play Next or Add to Queue. If the track is accidentally touched, that track immediately interrupts the music being played as it's interpreted as Play Now.
What's worse (with recent BluOS versions) is that this accidental Play Now, deletes all existing tracks in one's Queue. Bugger - I've just spent the last hour selecting 30 tracks to entertain my visitors tonight!
I can use the portable iPad as the remote control with the big TV screen ON or OFF. Or I can use my MacBook Air laptop with the TV screen ON or OFF. Ditto for the iPhone. I can use my Apple Watch to control Roon but that would be silly in the main listening room.If I'm driving the big TV from the Mac Mini I can use the wireless keyboard + mouse paired to the Mac Mini - no laptop, iPad, or iPhone necessary.
Here, I went into the Mac's Accessibility section and made the mouse pointer into a huge hand - just so it shows up better for the photo below :-)
Keyboard + mouse would normally be near my listening spot on the sofa
I normally have 8 Albums across on the TV. I set it up for 12 in the past but it gets a little cluttered with small album art.iPad can be propped up on the table to the side of the sofa easily within reach or right beside me .
I like having 6 Albums across on the iPad but no more than 8. It's customizable in Roon. Handling iPad by the case or the edges won't glitch anything.
Edits: 01/31/25 01/31/25
a 75" sized remote screen for Mr. Magoo! :)
I guess my hands aren't big enough for fat fingering active playlist.
I got her 11" iPad Pro hand-me-down as primary controller for upstairs. About triple the speed with twice the RAM as the previous Third Gen Air. Enjoy using the pencil, too!
Most times in garage, however, use phone or watch. :)
Class D subwoofers add quite a bit delay so they should be closer than the main speakers.
I hear no delay, they fill in the bass just fine, but more often than not the Subs are not turned ON.
was the opposite. In the HT where I use a pair of subs, they are located at dimensional diagonals to measurably distribute room modes. Poor man's SWARM.
Emotiva "Virtual Copper" facilitates such placement.
HT doesn't care about phase and delay. All they care about is dB and elephant's feet.
and Abe... use it for music as well. :)
Just realized that your main amp is also class D. So that is about similar delay.
Are you talking about electrical delay or acoustic delay ?
What's the SMSL DAC doing?
Gsquared
"What's the SMSL DAC doing?"
Nothing at the moment but when it's there I can switch between the SMSL DAC on the Mac Mini -or- the DAC inside the Eversolo.
The top shelf in the audio rack photo varies from time to time. The photo doesn't show it but the PS Audio and SMSL DACs are no longer there. The Rogue integrated amp has been removed too.
Instead there's a turntable on top and a phono preamp on the shelf next to the Mac Mini. A friend gave me a handful of vinyl albums so I've been playing those but will soon put them away (and rearrange the shelf again) since the vinyl albums are all available via streaming.
Pretty nice setup. I can use my iPad mini to control my music server but prefer to use my LG 7 inch G Pad since it has a built-in IR blaster. That way I I can control my TV and audio components with one tablet.
I also have an 8 inch G Pad with an IR blaster and several larger iPads but the smaller sizes fit my hands better.
And yes I like soundtracks! : )
I can't control the TV from my iPad (w/o a bolt-on aftermarket IR blaster) but I can control the Eversolo DMP-A8 Streamer / DAC / Preamp volume control in the analog domain from Roon Remote on the iPad. That seems counter intuitive as you would normally think adjusting a volume slider on a tablet would adjust volume in the digital domain. The preamp section in the Eversolo DMP-A8 uses a relay switched attenuator and if I adjust the Volume from a slider in Roon on the iPad screen I can hear the clickety-clack of volume control relays in the Eversolo preamp.
I have an ancient iPad Mini that still works but it is slow by today's standards and battery life is now worthless. We'll use the 13" iPad Air for other Apps including downloaded movies to watch when we're traveling.
Nice LG G Pad for your setup. What music App is that?
The LG is an Android tablet (obviously). I'm using Orange Squeeze as the control app. It's easy to navigate and create and edit playlists on the fly. We're an Apple household but I've always liked LG phones and tablets. I bought this LG G4 phone as a server controller because it's got a really nice camera as well as an IR blaster. The back case is finished in real leather and is a looker. Android and IOS, tubes and solid state, digital and vinyl, it's nice to have choices.
Edits: 01/30/25 01/30/25
Very nice. I once had an Android based Amazon Fire Tablet that was somewhat crippled. It was given to me but I "re-gifted" it. I understand that the Amazon tablet was a unique case but others like LG and Samsung are more 'open' for available Apps.My sister is all Android based for her phone and tablets but wife and I started out on Apple in the iPhone 4 era - after owning Palm Pilot and Blackberry. We also switched from being a PC family to Mac about the same time.... maybe about 2010-ish if memory serves me.
I still run Windows now and then but do it on the Mac. There are a number of small utilities for gadgets and tinkering that only run on Windows including several FRS/GMRS/MURS/Ham Radio programmers.
Edits: 01/30/25 01/30/25
| FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
