didjean wrote: > Hi Audiophile chaps, > > A couple of months ago, I have converted an audiophile friend of mine to > Squeezebox. > > He has the following equipment: > > - AMP: YBA ligne2 Alpha high current > - Speakers: B&W CM9 > - DAC: TEAC UD 501 > - expensive cables :-) > - LMS on Pi4 wired on Network > - SB Touch on Wifi that is connected to the DAC via Coax. > > Recently he has contacted a high-end Hifi shop to ask what he should be > upgrading in order to have an even better sound quality. The owner was > clear: for him the weakest point from his set up was LMS and the Touch. > > For him, a good streamer would bring a huge quality improvement even if > connected digitally to an external DAC. > > He told him to either buy a Bluesound Node 2i (with or without the Teac > DAC) or move to an Innuos Zen Mini mk3 (with LMS or Roon) that could be > equipped with an external powersupply. > > > I am not sure I understand why LMS/Touch connected to a DAC or any other > solutions to the same DAC could be better: at the end of the day, that's > the DAC who will do the job, isn't it? > > Any recommendation I could give to my friend? > > Cheers!
I think the audio dealer knows very little about Squeezebox but just happens to sell the items he recommended. The TEAC has a USB input so he could try that with the EDO add on for the Touch. Why is he dissatisfied with the sound? Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113335 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
