sxr71;561785 Wrote: > I came right here and found your thread as soon as I found out. In fact > as much as I have been looking at the device for over a year I always > ruled it out as I felt it was only for the Squeezebox system, but I > learned today that it also has digital inputs. So it could serve as a > DAC for my other sources. > > I felt that it was refreshing to read the comments on the forums here > about how it was designed to perform without the "audiophile" BS and > exotic designs and parts designed to excite audio fetishists. > > That having been said I think it would be very nice to see a new > version and it is about time. However this time it would be nice if > consideration is given for uses of the unit as both a SB player and > standalone DAC. Which means IMHO an analog volume control is important > because adding a pre-amp to it would be a pity and simple resistor > attenuation won't work for people with multiple sources.
I just don't get this anti pre-amp prejudice. What's a couple of high quality op-amps and a few resistors in the scheme of things? It's really REALLY not hard to build a transparent pre-amp. In fact it's much easier than building a transparent power amp. (Sorry CliveB - I know you disagree!) Your music has already been mangled by several 5532/4's (at best) anyway in most cases. Anyway, the "TP2" isn't going to happen IMO. The true high-end is already sewn-up by trad high-end manufacturers who have the cred to sell big bucks units into that space. There's no volume/margin hit for Logitech here. The TP was a vanity project for SD. For Logitech... killed at the first meeting I reckon. They just don't do vanity products. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80282 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
