Regarding Touch DAC vs. that of the BLOW4D: The analouge output on the Touch does, all things considered, hold up very well against the Transporter as well as the Naim DAC. Consequently I wouldn't put much weight into the issue of DAC quality alone - and if anything I would perhaps call advantage in favour of the Touch DAC.
I don't know the BLOW4D but own the AE5, and judging from the description of the former, the two are designed with fundamentaly different goals in mind. The BLOW4D is a nearfield monitor. The AE5 performs OK near-field, but it is clear that it gains from being given some distance to the listening position(s). The BLOW4D is described with the words, "uncolored frequency reproduction". As charming as the AE5 are, this is *not* one of their features. To the contrary. If you need room correction, the BLOW4D might be the best choice. Alternatively you could use Inguz with the Touch with possibly more accurate results. But also at the cost of what I presume is greater complexity and letting go of features such as ffw/frw. -- bhaagensen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bhaagensen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7418 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79438 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
