Gruff;553490 Wrote: > > The digital stream enters the Duet from the pc and exits optically via > TOSLINK unaltered. Is this wrong? > ...In this kind of set up the Duet or Touch are acting solely as a user > interface, allowing me to browse my library, start and stop tracks etc, > all of the business of actually processing the sound is done by other > components in my hifi system... > > > My set up: > > PC with lossless flac library, running Squeeze Server (ethernet cable > to) --> Duet (TOSLINK optical out to) --> CA DACmagic DAC (Balanced XLR > cables to) --> Primare I30 amplifier --> Monitor Audio Speakers
To be exact the FLAC is not a bitstream. It is a container, like APE or WMA etc, which contains: header, metadata (tags) and compressed audio frames. Any Squeez decodes this containers - uncompressed audio frames into the bitstream and: - sends bitstream via S/PDIF (coaxial or TOSLINK) outs. in this case the bitstream processed by external DAC (your setup). - processed the bitstream by its internal DAC and send analog signal out to the Amps. So I believe that when talking about better sound of Touch they are meaning the quality of its internal DAC. -- mdm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mdm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38528 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79500 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
