tomasito;554045 Wrote: > Hello, > I posted this inquiry in the audiophile section, didn't get any > comments on it. Maybe I'll try my luck in this forum. Perhaps somebody > in this forum might want to share their comments about it. > Here it is: > I have a decent stereo system that I hook up the squeezebox duet to. > What would you guys suggest to improve the sonics, pairing my duet with > a dacmagic or getting the squeezebox touch and replacing the duet with > it? > with the later option I will move/hook up the duet receiver in my > garage.
I have two Duets - one stock and one heavily modded (see the DIY section for details). Based on the Duet circuit, your results will vary with what you plan to do. By this I mean: 1. If you use the analog outs of the Duet or Touch, the Touch is better for reasons of DAC chip quality, power supply and clock layout. My guess is a heavily modded Duet analog out will not match the Touch. 2. If you go digital out then it will depend on your DAC. Based on what I know of the stock Duet circuitry, plus the results of folks with serious test gear the SPDIF stream from the Touch is cleaner than the Duet's. If your DAC is immune to input noise then the Duet will be fine. If not the Touch will sound better. 3. Your Duet remote works fine with the Touch if that's an issue. FWIW, I've run my stock Duet with a RAKK Dac rev.1 vs. my modded Duet's analog outs (output levels matched) and the RAKK sounded a little better in the bass and mids. But not enough for me to invest in the RAKK. I have not A/B'ed a Touch against my modded Duet but my guess is the Touch is better out of the box on analog out. John Swenson has posted a few mods for the Touch that he says will improve the Touch's analog out significantly. I intend to upgrade to a Touch and mod the analog outs. Oh and... 4. If you ever want to play higher rez music the Touch is your only path. I hope something in this blather is helpful! Pete -- Pete Fowler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pete Fowler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20270 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=79576 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
