RGibran;672585 Wrote: 
> I think some folk just like doing it with their computer.  Why is beyond
> me, with all the inherent problems.  The streaming solution just doesn't
> appeal to them for some odd reason.
> 
> RG

Hmm, I have to say that my own computer based setup - Macbook Pro with
LOTS of memory, Amarra, Async (!) USB to rDAC into my Krell amplifier -
still beats any of the Squeezebox Touch setups I tried and which I also
keep using. And I tried a lot: SBT with and without the Toolbox, SBT
with and without linear power adapters, SBT with and without an
extremely high-quality clock inside. I even fried the insides of an SBT
in the name of scientific progress ;)

This will all be system dependent, obviously, and the key link in my
case may be that the rDAC offers a very good async USB implementation,
while its SPDIF jitter control is pretty much non-existent.

Don't troll me: I have already been told that, in theory, no amount
jitter control performed by Amarra&Co should make a difference via
async USB. Still, Amarra as well as Pure Music as well as the free
offerings (Audirvana) make a non-subtle and sometimes huge difference
in my setup.

Cheers, Thomas


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