ralphpnj wrote: > A nice aside to this whole discussion is the history of the audiophile > fixation with the USB interface for digital audio. > > Several iterations ago of the Windows operating system it was discovered > that USB digital output on a Windows computer was not bit perfect due to > an issue with the sound driver. This issue was addressed both in several > completely free programs (e.g. Foobar2000) and in subsequent releases of > the Windows operating system. Another way to deal with it was to use a > Mac. However when using a Mac and iTunes it was discovered that when > listening to various music files with different sample rates iTunes did > not handle the different sample rates correctly, which by the way > Foobar2000 handles correctly as does both the Transporter and the Touch, > so the answer was to install an additional paid music player called > Amarra (http://www.sonicstudio.com/amarra/amarra_purchase_landing) which > has different versions varying in price and features from $30 to $650. > Of course any self respecting audiophile would only use the $650 > version. > > Now comparing the computer based audio playback on a Windows computer > versus a Mac (aka Apple) computer from an audiophile perspective we > get: > > Windows computer (anywhere from $200 to $2000 and up) + Foobar2000 ($0) > + either USB or optical or coax (many Windows motherboards have optical > or coax digital audio outputs) digital audio output + either a USB or > non-USB DAC > > Mac/Apple computer ($500 and up) + iTunes ($0) + Amarra ($650) + USB > output + asynchronous USB DAC > > So just based on the computer and software alone the Mac system costs > more and therefore must be better since in the audiophile belief system > whatever costs more is always better. And so we get to the present state > of affairs. Windows machines at one time did not have bit perfect > playback but that is no longer the case. Both the Transporter and Touch > have always offered bit perfect playback. By "bit perfect playback" I > specifically mean the ability of the digital outputs to transmit a bit > perfect digital audio stream to an external DAC. However in the case of > both the Transporter and the Touch the audiophile world has for some > strange reason deemed both of these devices as unworthy of high end > audio playback. > > And so we have now have the only acceptable and audiophile approved > system for the playback of computer based audio consisting of the > following components: > > A Mac Mini, Mac laptop or Mac desktop computer > iTunes with Amarra > > USB output > asynchronous USB DAC > > One thing I find really funny is that while marching in lock step to > their belief system so many audiophiles have the nerve to call those of > us who dare to break ranks "close minded", but then turning of truth > into lies and lies into truth as always been a big part of the > audiophile belief system.
you're either on meds or should be on meds, don't know which. Your diatribes are starting to sound insane. Touch optimisations http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
