Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2010-01-03 Thread OGS
.. is there a DC-blocking electrolytic on the audio output of the DAC? AKM's diagram indicate that it may be possible to do without the electrolytic which would be great! I've pre-ordered my Touch today and I am really looking forward to swap my SB 2 with the new wonder. -- OGS SB2 (mod) -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2010-01-03 Thread Phil Leigh
OGS;502213 Wrote: .. is there a DC-blocking electrolytic on the audio output of the DAC? AKM's diagram indicate that it may be possible to do without the electrolytic which would be great! I've pre-ordered my Touch today and I am really looking forward to swap my SB 2 with the new wonder.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2010-01-03 Thread OGS
..that is what I use in my current setup, but I have friends that will be using the analog out and it is really nice to know that I won't have to worry about cheap electrolytics in the signal path. Thanks for the info Phil. -- OGS SB2 (mod) - Tact RCS 2.0 - Rotel RB-1060 (mod) - Tannoy Sensys

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2010-01-02 Thread DejanM
My guess is that will be a considerable improvement. I didn#t check it though ... DACMagic is a decent DAC and a toy dac implemented usually within SB's shouldn't be able to match DACMagics performance ... But check it first ... -- DejanM

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2010-01-02 Thread Stratmangler
Don't forget that there are other DAC's out there. I use one of these http://www.homehifi.co.uk/products/Caiman.html and I am delighted with its' performance. You can find someone else's appraisal of the same DAC compared to that of his Transporter here

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2010-01-02 Thread JohnSwenson
I'm one of the beta testers and have done extensive listening to the Touch and tried it up against several external DACs, but I don't have a DacMagic so I can't give you the exact desired comparison. I HAVE done a comparison with a PeachTree Nova which has a very good sounding Sabre DAC. As

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2009-12-15 Thread SilverRS8
ricky;494219 Wrote: Hello, Did you found answer to your question? I am also looking at putting together a new system to stream 24/96 FLAC from my PC wirelessly onto my Audio Amp and SB Touch+magic Dac sounds interesting in the budget range I target...but I could not find information on the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] DACMagic and Touch

2009-12-10 Thread grum
No - send it to me :-) -- grum grum's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17720 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72407 ___