After the first night (a couple of posts up), I let the Touch play for 3 days straight. After the first night, the Touch SQ rounded out with full orchestra (e.g., Symponic Dances on Reference Recordings) sounding very convincing.
Last night (a week after the above post) I compared the Touch line-level outputs with the coaxial digital out--> Audiosector S/PDIF DAC. These two sources were connected to adjacent inputs on my preamp, so it was easy and quick to switch back and forth. The line level outputs were a touch louder, but the difference was small and I did not attempt to match levels. I consistently preferred the digital out-->Audiosector DAC over the line outputs. The difference was quite small, but "there" every time. I heard a slight improvement in clarity, for example a little more sweetness in high solo violin using digital out-->DAC. The overall tonal balance seemed unchanged, and I doubt I would be able to tell which source I was listening to if left the room and came back. They're very close, and both very good. Peter -- psp ------------------------------------------------------------------------ psp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77649 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
