Is the volume knob always in reach? I watch a lot of YouTube videos and need to adjust the volume frequently.Just to add to this heated remote debate, I have 3 Schiit remote controllable devices (Freya, Rag 2, BF2) and I have yet to take any of the remotes out of their bubble wrap. Call me old fashioned I guess. Or I just have a small room.
I will say my comment was half tongue in cheek, but I also approach the software differently - I don't have Alexa, I don't have Spotify/Chromecast/Echo. No smart plugs as of yet, and view them like a clapper.I'm sympathetic to that, but convenience/usability plays a major role as well for me. I would have liked to prevent my TV from having internet access, but its built-in apps are the only way to play 24p video without judder, so I caved. I would prefer to keep the streamer on the guest network, but the Spotify/BluOS app on my phone (with stickers covering the front cameras) can't find it then, same for the Chromecast Audio. It's nice that both the Echo Dot and TP-Link smart plugs work fine on the guest network without access to other devices on the same network, just internet. Adds some latency, but if someone hacks those devices, they still aren't "inside" my network so long as the router security holds up. Yes, a device that understands me without sending my voice recordings to the cloud would be preferable. It's inconsistent to give Amazon lots of training data in the form of voice samples while deliberately only saying "Hello" when an unknown number calls, I know.
Taking these things hyper seriously is about as fun as being vegan. "Hello, could you kindly tell me if the glue on the beer bottle's label contains any lactose, by chance?"
We should all watch the Battlestar Galactica remake and start identifying the Cylons of our time.
Though I will maintain that infrared remotes are not that.
Yes, and yes. It showed me that the DIY Pi solution I initially tried to use as a streamer had crap USB out. I replaced it with a purpose-built streamer (Sonore Ultrarendu.) No further issues.
Back in my day, younger siblings served as remote controls.Did folks have a TV for each channel back in the day before remote controls? Idk, I'm a millennial and was born after remotesThey just got up, changed the channel, and enjoyed.
Which... depending on how you had it setup, is likely true. Now, if you had the Allo USB solution, I'd be a bit more surprised.
Wow! Based on your signature, the streamer got the Yggdrasil, which DACs are you using for the other two?
Interesting. Would you have been okay with it instead flashing the input's LED and not producing audio? I think I'd be fine with a VCXO-only Yggdrasil.
Oh dear. Maybe I should stop complaining about having to click "next input" four times to go from 2 past 3, 4, 5 to 1 on my Ragnarok 2.
Yes, UR to Yggdrasil, Northstar 192 CD transport through its stand-alone Model 192DAC, both feeding analog to the Solaris, and USB out from a PC through a Wavelength Proton to a Schiit Magni and Senn 580 headphones for casual things like YouTube. I seldom use the CD directly these days, preferring to listen using the Roon system.
Except that the goal is switching between digital sources, while a preamp is an analog source switcher and level adjuster. The Schiit co-founders talked about a digital "preamp" at some point, but AFAIK nothing came of it.
Volume is certainly the most important remote feature in my eyes. Especially if you're streaming music. I don't like any of the normalization algorithms I've heard so far, but each track can be at wildly different levels. Going from classical to EDM can be quite a treat.
Obviously I selected the table size before deciding on the big schiit stack. Needless to say I have no idea where my remote is.
