Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink

2012-07-31 Thread saeyedoc
ralphpnj wrote: Luckily I still have most of my old (and some new) vinyl and a very good vinyl front end. Nowhere near as handy as good hi-rez digital versions (whatever their source - vinyl rip or studio master) but vinyl can often sound very good indeed. My buddy who turned me onto

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink

2012-07-26 Thread saeyedoc
Well I got my Touch yesterday. Had already setup LMS over the weekend and was able to get to it from the web browser, all indexing had been done. Due to where I wanted to located the Touch, I ended up using coax since that's all I had around that was long enough. Because of the location of the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink

2012-07-26 Thread saeyedoc
ralphpnj wrote: I take by the above quote that your setup is something like this: Server running LMS wifi router ethernet (cat 5) Touch coax Anthem MRX300 Yes? Since everything is working fine and sounds great - congratulations! Should you start to experience any problems,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink

2012-07-26 Thread saeyedoc
lovejoy wrote: It's a curse. Oh to be able to enjoy music as much from a tinny micro system ;-). I agree with the vast majority of what you say except for the transmission method. This is where the *BIG* differences happen. SPDIF/TOSLINK are both a massive fudge - always have been and