SBGK;686264 Wrote: > I don't know what a audiophile redneck is, but I appreciate being in the > company of so many world experts in audiophile digital theory that have > decided, like me, to splash out on the only bit perfect digital stramer > in the universe and only £200, bargain.
It's not the only "bit-perfect" device out there... What makes it so attractive is that it is completely isolated from the behaviour of the underlying data server. This makes it very different to those otherwise similar devices that put everything "in one box". The computer running LMS is totally irrelevant (it could even be in a different universe, powered by steam) - all it is doing is serving IP packets to a network. Provided that the server is galvanically isolated from the Touch - and you have to try quite hard for it not to be! - there is no known mechanism by which the server operating system/hardware can degrade the audio behaviour of the Touch. This is the complete opposite of people who run USB-SPDIF interfaces or soundcards connected to computers - in these situations, the operating system/computer hardware can definitely degrade the behaviour of those interfaces. It seems, however, that there is a clear lack of understanding about these two "worlds" and why you can't apply the logic and experiences of one to the other. As to why people hear what they hear - that is impossible to answer because human "hearing" is not not measurable except in crude terms of frequency response and dynamic range. What the brain does with its sensory inputs is currently impossible to fully understand or measure - but clearly it varies wildly from person to person. -- 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/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones 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=93236
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