magiccarpetride;542113 Wrote: > I am an audiophile on a budget, so I have opted for using Duet with an > external DAC (Beresford Caiman), instead of going with the much more > expensive Transport. Some reports claim that Beresford Caiman can match > (and even surpass) the DAC that Transport internally uses. > > However, what is not clear to me is whether the Transport is a better > 'transport' for digital signal than Duet or Touch. > > I am pretty certain that Beresford Caiman is a better DAC than the one > that is shipping inside the Touch. What I'm asking here is should I > consider replacing my Duet as a 'transport' with Touch? Is Touch a > better transport than Duet? Keep in mind that, regardless of whether I > upgrade Duet or not, I will be keeping my Beresford Caiman as an > external DAC, and will bypass whatever the internal DAC may be. > > Also, I am not at all interested in convenience (don't care about the > user interface, pretty pictures, touch or wheel etc.), only interested > in improving the sound.
Where is the down side here?! Everybody needs more then one Squeezebox. So buy the Touch, I think you will like it and use the Duet's Receiver in another room. The Touch is very good on the analog side and in my opinion (testing and listening) is better then both the SB3 and Receiver. On the Coax Digital side, I again think it is better then both the SB3 and Receiver from listening and testing. I think the Touch will make a great digital transport for use with a very good DAC. The Touch is so good that I think one needs a much better external DAC now if one is not going to use the analog section in the Touch. I think the Transporter is still better (especially in the analog side) and now for the but, but its a much harder decision now because the Touch will make a very good digital transport. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78128 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
