castalla wrote: > The search for the perfect system is probably a lost cause, given all > the confounding variables which must play a role (especially individual > hearing function!) once a basic hardware setup exists. > > For example, we play mainly via a Touch to a small T-amp and decent > bookshelf speakers. Almost anything sounds great (to us). For > intermittent listening of speach and non-classical music then we also > have a Cubieboard playing squeezelite to either cheapish or more > expensive bluetooth speakers - sounds pretty good (to us). Bluetooth > headphones are the worst sound performers. > > I really doubt we'd notice any marked difference with fancy cables, dacs > or what-have-you. The best sound we get comes from a pair of expensive > speakers I bought about 25 years ago - SWMBO plays to these on a Galaxy > S wifi through a Logitech bluetooth receiver to an old Sony amp.
I'm quite happy with what I have, but at times I get this itch to improve, especially knowing that it can sound a lot more "alive" than it does in my setup. I've already said it in some other thread on here: it seems as though it's lacking in dynamics. I have for instance a bootleg of Richard Thompson at Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival, which is really amazing. At the store, Touch connected through SPDIF, playing at (subjectively, not measured) the same level, I could really feel each time he hits the strings on his guitar. Same hardware, approximately the same listening distance at home, I can't. It's better when I connect the Touch through analog though ... Oh well, enough OT, back to business at hand ;) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bakker_be's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30369 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
