How good is the basement system ? They are both competently designed digital products so the basement system has to be pretty good for it to matter at all . They are both as good as a typical CD player .
Touch is slightly better , I think you can google up measurements by for example Archimago or stereophile. Touch is slower THD and noise . touch also supports 24/96 vs 24/48 k for the classic , if that matters to you . If you don't mind the serverload from transcoding it might not matter much . However check that the analog out actually works even if you never used them , some classic/SB3 have a problem with that . In the end it can be a toss up :) which one do you use most ,do you like the displays and where are listening in most concentrated manner . If one player is just for background music , that is also a factor . If you only listen to 128kps MP3 files it won't matter as the files is the limiting factor .... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104973 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
