Looks like it speaks Philips Hue, so I guess you could run the extension lead all your kit is plugged into through a Hue Smart Plug?
Ah, that's interesting... Then the smart plug stays in standby, I guess, but if it did so, wouldn't the devices lose their standby status (or be in the same boat as mentioned before)? I haven't looked into these plugs but will do now. EDIT: By which I mean when the smart plug becomes active again, it would surely depend per device whether they resume in standby...
If you can turn it on with an IR remote, you can turn it on with a Harmony remote. If you fully cut power to it with a physical switch (i.e. on the plug), then no. The Hue plug method could theoretically allow a universal remote with the appropriate integration to physically switch on the device when waking, but you may have two issues: 1) The integration likely doesn't expect the actual device is on the hue plug, so may not sequence the commands properly. I.e. i assumes the Hue thing its turning on is just a light and where it sits in the macro isn't critical. I used to use the Hue integration on Harmony and (at that time, and I assume still since its defunct) you simply added a scene to an activity, but not able to fully integrate where it was activated within the macro for that activity. 2) I suspect a lag between getting power to the device and the device responding to IR commands would make this impractical in use even in the event the macro allowed it These add to a general reliability issue with IR control and universal remotes - that they take the "send it and hope" approach, spamming commands out and assuming the device has responded without an ability to verify device status. But also, unless you're controlling a whole stack of devices with one smart plug, the plug could well use as much or more power than your TV in standby. Have you measured and done the math for how much standby power your devices draw vs the convenience of turning them on from a remote? Not saying its not worth it necessarily, but most modern appliances aren't really sucking power from the wall, merely sipping.
I did, and it definitely wasn’t worth it in my case. It was adding less than a quid to my monthly bills. I’ve only get the figures for my PC to hand, but with everything on my desk in standby, and the PC shut down, the cost over four weeks was a grand total of 32p. My “TV stuff” used even less standby power. I much preferred the “fast wake” time of leaving stuff in standby. Even if I block the TV’s network access, it’s still got all the “smart” gubbins built into it and it takes a ridiculous amount of time start up from “cold”. Horses for courses. A quid a month isn’t much to me - we’ve got a relatively high power bill as it is - so I’m happy to pay it.
well I got bored of waiting for my gpu's RMA to process so i repurposed my main rig into a overkill HTPC, gave me chance to get to grips with configuring it to output to the AV gear ready for when i build the HTPC at the end of the month, was quite fun actually; mapping the primary listening position and configuring Audyssey was pretty painless, a bit shitty that the Audyssey config app is a 20 quid extra of which without really limits what you can tinker with re room correction: ended up coughing up for it as without a dedicated sub the bass coming from the mains was literally thumping the wind out my lungs, other than that the only real hiccup i had was shunting HDR/DV out to the tv, a 20 min google soon sorted that. it also appears that my sounds proofing is working wonders as i went to apologise to the neighbours about the racket i was making when calibrating and they said they couldn't hear/feel a thing; they even let me stand in their kitchen while I threw the atmos release of Twister around at 75-80db; Nothing all that's left to do now was cristen it. Chair back, pepsi, popcorn and Maverick. best 2 hours ever.
It is a bit, but I had found that without it, getting Audyssey dialled in was trial and error. I'm pretty sure the app is still the only way to limit the upper range of correction - which is IMO 100% necessary. Limit the correction range across the board to only under 500hz if you're not tried it yet and see what you think. Seems to be the best candidate for Harmony 2.0 - complaints seem to be primarily that it doesn't do <thing> exactly like Harmony in some cases, but still fulfils all necessary use cases Its also pretty unique at the price point... - Unfolded Circle is still a science project, where for £300 you can hopefully have v3 in maybe 6 months (or maybe 18, kickstarters as they are) which may or may not work out the issues with v2 - HDA uControl isn't available until the end of the year, it should be pretty solid, but expect its in the £600+ range - AVA is £1400/1900 depending on whether you need the base, CI is more still
Yeah, I was looking at the pros and cons that were in that review you listed and the cons were a big ???? for me. I just have like.. Four devices and I want one remote in one room. It's on my list, might see if it goes on offer between now and funds being not allocated to a dozen different things. Multiple cars are expensive when they both have the RS tax, who knew?
I tried it and I didn't like the experience, I actually like the mid range compensation as it makes the positional audio pop more in the uppers.
PAYDAY! time to buy stuff So I've a 25u rack landing soon to hold AV/homelab goodies and I'm wondering on how best to rack this AV, denon do an official rack kit but in addition to being rare as rocking horse ****; having 36lb's hanging off a set of ears is making my arse twitch. Cant get a rail kit for it so my only real option is a tray, assuming its not going to **** with the internal profile it'll limit my securing the unit to rack meaning I'll have to flip it and loose out on a U of rack, there's gotta be a better way, either that or I'm overthinking a simple solution
Something like these? (we have something similar made for our products) https://cpc.farnell.com/rackz/srk-6...R0I-JLcD4IVOpQRFVgpoThQJm_sWVlE1GNK1Fe_SEBayw
yeah ended up going for something similar as its an adjustable rack, kinda exciting atm; lots of emails of stuff being dispatched with today/tomorrow as delivery dates.
Any audio nerds 'connoisseurs' here care to recommend a portable headphone amp? I see Fiio units coming up quite a lot, but honestly I'm kinda in over my head here - I don't know what to look for, what to avoid, what sounds like trash, etc. The only absolute requirements I have are: battery powered ability to drive 250 ohm Beyerdynamic DT770 compact as possible 3.5mm input preferably <£100 I suspect that last point will be the challenging part. I'm not looking for an all-singing all-dancing 'bells and whistles' solution - I don't need a DAC, I don't need balanced outputs or funky connectors, I don't need snake-oil "audiophile" rubbish, etc. I'm not going to say no to anything that has any of those features, but they're not essential - I just need something that can take an analogue input, drive the heavy load of 250ohm headphones, not sound like trash, and ideally I don't want to spend a fortune . The quality of these headphones is absolutely fantastic, I'd like to use them with more devices - like the Steam Deck and my recently re-discovered MiniDisc portable - but they're challenging to drive. Even the hard-wired 'desktop' stuff I have struggles: my Focusrite Vocaster One interface is often cranked to full volume, and the pair of Fiio Olympus 2 DAC/amp units I have can only just about keep up in 'high gain' mode.
Yeah, I’m going to be using it with a portable MiniDisc unit, so it needs to have an analogue input. If the damn thing had an optical output as well as optical input, it would be a hell of a lot easier to find something that suits!
That looks extremely promising, many thanks! Yes, that certainly seems to be the case. A portable amp with a DAC built is seemingly no problem - it’s just a question of inputs, audio formats, and price. But something with an analogue input seems quite rare indeed.
Okay, this might be out of left field and already dismissed, but I was reading this thread today and just now remembered this device: Elekit TU-HP03: https://getaudio.eu/en/elekit-tu-hp03-vacuum-tube-hybrid-portable-headphone-amplifier/ It's probably not in budget. Or small.
