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Pure Music Question

I have a question about how to use Pure Music with a wireless system. I currently have three systems, one using an Airport Express and two using Apple TV's connected to external DAC's. Music resides in a 1 TB hard drive connected via an Apple Airport wireless. Everything is controlled by iTunes running on an iMac using an iPod Touch with the Remote app.

I have downloaded the Pure Music demo and run into a hitch. It launches seamlessly but fails to play through any of the "speakers" I have selected in iTunes. When playing straight through iTunes without PM, no problem. It does play through my iMac speakers and I think sounds like a big improvement, but who listens through internal desktop speakers?

I have been able to highjack the PM stream and direct it to my systems using Airfoil, but short of using a desktop controller on my iPod Touch, nothing else works. PM seems like a great and reasonably priced upgrade, but to make it practical, I need to be able to use my Touch to control iTunes remotely while PM is running. I have spoken with PM's tech support, but no luck.

Any ideas?
bbopman
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tpy
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Can Pure Music be used with a Squeezebox Touch that receives music over wifi? Based on various things I've read on these forums and in reviews, I was under the impression that it could. But the messages in this thread seem mixed on that. Could it be that there has been an upgrade that makes that possible now?

I just downloaded Pure Music and it plays on my computer. But I can't tell for sure if it is sending the music to my SQ Touch via Pure, or if its just iTunes. Is there any way to know for sure? There is nothing in the Touch screen to suggest it is doing anything different. On my computer monitor, it shows that it is playing from Pure M. Help?
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tpy
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Can you stream Pure Music to SQ Touch over wireless? The Pure Music website is rather confusing about this, but I've read in reviews of the Touch that it works well with Pure Music. I just downloaded it, and it seems to be working when I play music directly on my computer. And I'm able to play both Pure and iTunes directly on the computer, and can tell which is which both by the improved sound of Pure and by the fact that the PAUSE symbol doesn't show up over the PLAY symbol when playing a song.

But I can't tell for sure if what is now being sent to my Touch is the Pure Music or just iTunes. There's nothing on the Touch screen that suggests a change. After installing Pure Music, do you need to make any adjustments to anything (like the SQ server) to tell it to use Pure instead of iTunes?

Thanks
agear
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Tpy, I would check with the PM gang....
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tpy
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After writing to Pure Music and getting some input from the Computer Audiophile forum, I found out that SQ Touch and Pure Music are different types of computer audio that don't work together. There's some possibility of using Air Foil to somehow work around this, but the consensus seems to be that this is alot of hassle. Too bad because I really like the improvement Pure Music makes over iTunes when heard through my crummy iMac speakers and would love to get that on my main system. But apparently the SQ server and Pure Music are alternative ways of playing files, so its one or the other.If anyone has been able to use PM with their Touch it would be good to know.
agear
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That's what I figured. Why not make your life easy and just use mac products? Airport Express, Iphone/Itouch as a remote, and a wifi router (I use an Airport Extreme). You will still need Airfoil if you want to use PM. That's what I do...
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