garym;557926 Wrote: > but the hiface is just a DAC correct? Maybe I'm wrong about this. > > The touch has a DAC (or can output S/PDIF) AND it serves as the > "soundcard" for playing your audio. Yes, I can connect a DAC to my > computer and play from Computer (and its soundcard) to S/PDIF input to > DAC to analog input of stereo (which is what I did before I had > squeezeboxes). > > But with TOUCH (or any SB player) you are not relying on your > computer's internal soundcard at all (and all the bad things in might > be doing regarding resampling from 44.1 to 48, etc.). Instead, the data > is sent to your squeezebox and then turned into audio from there to > either its internal DAC (and then analog outs) or an external DAC. > > p.s. I'm not commenting on all the mods, etc. for using the TOUCH. > different issue. I'm happy with my TOUCH as is, along with my > TRANSPORTER as is.... These are NOT the weak links in my system. My > weak links are speakers and room configuration (wife factors ;-)
Yes you are wrong with this. :) HiFace is not a DAC: http://www.tweekgeek.com/_e/Portable_Computer_Audio/product/HiFace/M2Tech_HiFace.htm It is a USB to SPDIF converter (as I already stated in my post above). You are not relying on computers soundcard, it is not resampling or doing any "bad things", it uses its own ASIO drivers thus bypassing Windows mixer, etc. -- Kuja ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kuja's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80013 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
