ralphpnj;697252 Wrote: > All true but since this is the Audiophile section of the forum we must > mention all the things that are not "high end" about the Touch. > > 1) It is made of plastic rather than machined from one solid piece of > aircraft grade aluminum. > > 2) It has a simple wall wart power supply instead of a super duper, > machined from one solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum, linear power > supply. > > 3) While it has a USB input it does not have a USB output (neither > asynchronous or synchronous), which is rapidly making the Touch a > non-starter for most of the high end audio press. > > 4) It features bit perfect playback of digital audio files in almost > all common formats (mp3, wav, flac, etc.) with bit depths and sampling > rates up to and including 24 bit and 88.2/96 kHz. It does not support > playback of 32bit / 176.4, 352.8, 192 or 384 kHz files without > down-sampling to 24/88.2 or 96 kHz - thus making the Touch a > non-starter for most of the high end audio press. > > 5) The Touch can stream almost all internet radio and other audio > streams which means that one can listen to the Touch in the background > while writing and editing one's review a music streaming device from an > established high end audio manufacturer which is machined from one solid > piece of aircraft grade aluminum and features a super duper, machined > from one solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum, linear power supply, > an asynchronous USB output and full support for playback of 32bit / > 176.4, 352.8, 192 or 384 kHz files without down-sampling. > > 6) The Touch also features very easy setup which does not require that > the CEO of Logitech come to your home to assist you with the setup. > Again just one more thing that makes the Touch a non-starter for most > of the high end audio press. > > Otherwise the Touch is a really good little audio device :)
The comments on the Touch and USB are not true any more. Triode's recent work has made it possible to connect most USB DACs to the Touch, including audio class 2.0 DACs which can play 192. Yes you can play 192 with these DACS! He also has a kernel which will play 192 over the S/PDIF output of the Touch. BTW the Touch has always been able to play 16 bit adaptive USB, its been the 24 bit async that's been the problem. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94253 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
