I think the Touch has a very good analog out. I basically listen to 2 systems a fair amount - (1) my main shrine with the Benchmark DAC2 acting as a DAC+preamp (2) i set up a system at my girlfriend's with a SB Touch as the DAC. i prefer 1, but the amps are clearly different. and i don't think i'd wither and die if i only had to listen to 2, it is eminently enjoyable and heavens, heaven knows how i would have had to pay for that audio quality 15 years ago...
diminishing returns... but rewarding ones. Snapshot: the DAC in the Touch and the SB3 (I lived with the latter for over a year) is plenty good. ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Player) running Ubuntu 12.04 + LMS 7.7.5 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104973 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
