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iPad "Remote" App for iTunes


Introduced to me by Mezmo, this free Apple app looks through the iPad to iTunes and all the music on my Mac Mini.

Therefore, from the comfort of a chair across the room, one can browse the entire selection of music, see all the cover art AND adjust the volume.

Although I am not yet sure how this affects the sound - particularly the use of the volume control - this has otherwise solved my Mac to DAC to amp problem, where for this one source, I no longer need a preamp, nor a DAC with an attenuator.

For comparison's sake, I have ordered an Antelope Zodiac + DAC (with attenuator) and will report back with any interesting findings.

For general use, surfing an iTunes collection, the remote app seems useful for anyone who also has an iPad.
cwlondon
timrhu
2,779 posts
 
And the name of this app is???
My guess is Pocket Cloud.
doggiehowser
672 posts
 
Remote
tan43
128 posts
 
I have it on a little ITouch and sitting with my other remotes.
Works great.
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dtc
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JRiver has a similar app (Gizmo) for its Media Center system. Gizmo is not as flashy as Apple's Remote, but it works fine of Android phones and tablets. It can connect on my local network or remotely through the Internet. So, I can connect to my home library anywhere that has WiFi or 3G/4G connectivity.

I was at a friends house recently and used Gizmo from my Galaxy III to access my music library at home and then played it on a local Bluetooth speaker. Connected through his WIFi so we had good speed and used no data from my phone plan. Not bad for a couple of guys in our mid 60's.

With JRiver I can also connect a remote PC from anywhere I have Internet connection to my home server and use it just as if the library were local. I am in the process of setting up a system in Switzerland to play from my library in Boston. I have not tried it yet, but I am hoping it works fine.
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ejlif
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Wait until you get good and knowing al, the ins and outs of remote for iPhone or iPad and then apple will Change it and take away all the things you liked about it. It was really important to me to be able to pull my phone out and rate music quickly if I heard something I liked. Now that have taken away the ability to do that with the new version of remote. Stupid.
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