touchup;697811 Wrote: > I decided to apply soundcheck's Touch Toolbox thinking that its third > iteration would be something worthwhile. Being the happy owner of a > pair of fine and very revealing full range electrostatic speakers > (Audiostatic DCM5)I could not imagine that the simple Touch could be an > audiophile component in its own right. But it can, if and only if you > take care of a few things: > > forget 16/44.1 FLAC, use only WAV. I know, it's controversial but I can > hear the difference every time and it's not subtle. It makes the > difference in SQ with high resolution FLACs trivial if you have a good > recording to begin with. > > use the Meicord Opal patchcables recommended by soundcheck. And yes, > they are directional. Again, controversial, but easy to try. > > use Touch Toolbox 3.0 with the standard settings, including tt -w en tt > -v. > In order to use tt -w you need a range extender if you don't have an > ethernet cable connection to the Touch. > > use a linear power supply like the one recommended bij soundcheck. Give > it a few weeks to settle. > > use a good DAC with a good SPDIF cable. I've had great results with the > humble Musical Fidelity V-DAC II. I have the standard power supply > connected to a PS audio Quintet. > > Now try something similar with your own setup en tell me that this is > not the best sound you have ever heard in your room. > > best regards and kudo's to soundcheck
This is exactly my experience. After testing different configurations now i am using SBT with diy power supply with Super Teddyreg, all files are converted to wav, media server is running on a powerfull W7 notebook (i started with a nice QNAP NAS), using high quality network cables, small Cisco switch is dedicated only for streaming between SBT and LMS, all Soundcheck TT 3.0 tweaks are applied and i have built probably one of the best available dacs - Buffalo II. I have a decent valve/solid state system and i can hear the smallest difference in sound quality. Good hifi system is a chain and EACH component is influencing the sound quality. :) :) :) -- praganj ------------------------------------------------------------------------ praganj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41091 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91322 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
