Quad wrote: > It's hard to describe the difference in words. I will necessarily sound > like always.... But I'll give it a try. > > In favor of the Touch: > - PC sounds somehow thinner > - Touch is somehow warmer > > In favor of the PC: > - sounds more effortless > - harsh recording passages have less ringing (piano, violin) > - less fatiguing > > My hardware is an Intel HD 3000 with HDMI out (integrated into Sandy > Bridge processor). And as far as I can remember WASAPI is the > bit-perfect Windows alternative to ASIO (Steinberg). I get the same > results if connected through USB and WASAPI. There is no processing > involved, neither on LMS nor on foobar.
The M51 is supposed to sound best over HDMI. I also understand (not very sure) that HDMI is a sort of asynch/packet protocol so the clock is generated in the M51 versus derived from the SPDIF over coax. If you had taken care of other points raised my forum members and you are listening to the same exact bit stream over both interfaces, then the only culprit is the j demon. Maybe you should also try some blind testing with a crappy toslink/coax vs good coax, to establish that you can hear jitter differences. My wife used to help me with these things when I was newly married but not anymore :-) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SoftwireEngineer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7000 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98374 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
