Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-15 Thread jhonsber...@msn.com
MediaCenter;657379 Wrote: In addition to what's already been said, I like the form factor of TP, it looks nice in my av rack. I love nothing better then a large Av rack. -- jhonsber...@msn.com jhonsber...@msn.com's

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-13 Thread cliveb
amcluesent;657267 Wrote: If your amp has balanced inputs that's makes a significant improvement in sound quality when using the TP in my experience. Agreed in spades. IME balanced operation yields far more improvement than any amount of fiddling about with exotic interconnects or jitter

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-13 Thread Rodney_Gold
If used as a transport only , the touch is as good or exceeds the TP. It's DAC is mediocre , however the Transporters dac is also not the best thing since sliced bead to some. The biggest problem using the touch is that its screen is not visible from far away , so you got to use a droid or

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-13 Thread MediaCenter
In addition to what's already been said, I like the form factor of TP, it looks nice in my av rack. -- MediaCenter Source Device: Transporter Room Correction + DAC + Preamp + Amplifiers: HK 990 Speakers: Magnepan 1.7

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-12 Thread Mnyb
Soundquality don't evolve as fast as many audiophiles think . If a product was god last year it's still good now. Everybody always inflate , every small or non existent, improvement with superlatives as life changing huge improvements etc . As non one substantiate anything by any sort of

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-12 Thread amcluesent
If your amp has balanced inputs that's makes a significant improvement in sound quality when using the TP in my experience. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-12 Thread jhonsber...@msn.com
amcluesent;657267 Wrote: If your amp has balanced inputs that's makes a significant improvement in sound quality when using the TP in my experience. Yes that has been my experience too. -- jhonsber...@msn.com

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-11 Thread IRJ
Thanks for the info. -- IRJ IRJ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7031 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90294 ___

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-11 Thread garym
IRJ;657070 Wrote: Thanks for the info. you need both (at least). ;-) -- garym System 1: Vortexbox Appliance (1.5) SbS 7.5.4 Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) System 2: Win7(64) laptop SbS 7.6.1 TouchBenchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all

[slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-10 Thread IRJ
The Transporter is a fine piece of audio equipment which has been avaible for several years now. Over those years there have been several newer editions of the SB and the latest Touch. My question is: Has the audio quality benefit of using the Transporter been eroded somewhat by the latest

Re: [slim] Transporter versus Touch

2011-09-10 Thread aubuti
This has been discussed extensively before, although not very recently. Obviously the TP's quality hasn't been eroded, but the Touch has certainly closed the gap between the cheaper SBs and the TP. A lot of people say that a Touch into a good outboard DAC can produce sound quality in the range of