markbrauer wrote: > What attracted me to the Chromecast Audio is the digital output and > ability to handle hi-res files - just like my Touch. And it does match > the outstanding performance of the Touch through my DAC/amp. I tried the > similar Beep device (thisisbeep.com - now defunct) in the past. Beep did > work with upnpbridge, but the analog output from the built-in DAC was > not even close to the Touch. The Rocki is also analog only. According to > the one review I found that mentioned sound quality, the Rocki's analog > output was characterized as "better than an iPhone" but "not up to > audiophile standards" and I couldn't find anything documenting it's > bit-rate capabilities. > > I guess that makes me an audiophile. > > Maybe if they had actually built the $89 digital output Rocki...
My ears are shot, so I can't really detect much difference! Pity the Rocki 2 hasn't appeared. The best device I've tried is a Sonos - very versatile as a squeezeplayer or in its native guise. Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers Logitech Radio Logitech UE Radio Raspberry Pi + Squeezeplug LMS + Squeezelite Cubieboard + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker O2 Joggler + SqpOS + Aune X2 T-amp + Mordaunt Short ms-3.40 speakers IBOX + Debian 7 + LMS 7.8.1 + Squeezelite - Soundwave SW100 bluetooth speaker UPnPBridge - O2 Joggler - 2 paired Sonos Play1 speakers UPnPBridge - Rocki - Sony SRS-BTM8 speaker Pure One Flow ------------------------------------------------------------------------ castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104383 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
