rgro;580280 Wrote: > Phil or whomever also wishes to chime in: > > As someone whose opinion here I highly value, I'm thinking of possibly > replacing my SBR with a Touch, but leaving everything else the same. > I'm happy with what I have but would upgrade to the Touch if there was > the chance at a noticeable improvement. I'm running coax from the SBR > into the DAC and out to the integrated amp. In your honest > opinion--leaving the rest of my components the same---would you think > there would be enough of a difference to want to do this. Let's say, > for the sake of discussion, that cost is no factor...I'm only wanting > to look at the improvement in sound.
Rick - what amp + speakers are you using? The answer to your question depends a lot on how your DAC handles less than perfect digital (s/pdif or toslink) signals. On paper the Touch digital output is better than that of the SBR. Whether or not that translates into a significant audible benefit to you depends on the DAC, specifically: how well does it tolerate "less than ideal" signals. This is all highly system and environment specific and even the same equipment in different houses may behave differently because of wiring etc. It is very hard to be categoric on this. I urge you to try and borrow one and see... Sorry if that comes across as a non-answer, but I believe there are too many variables - including you, yourself - in the equation :-) -- 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), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82319 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
