ralphpnj;581749 Wrote: > The real question is will TAS reward the Touch with a solid > recommendation in its annual end of the year roundup or will they do > what Stereophile has done and even after giving the Touch a glowing > review with nothing but praise fail to place it among the mega-buck > products which normally get their highest year end recommendations?
To answer my own question: I just received TAS's Spring 2011 Buyer's Guide and the Touch is mentioned not once but twice. First there is a capsule review of the Touch on page 154 under the "Servers and Other Digital Sources" section. The capsule review is basically a straight of the summary section of the full Touch review. Second the Touch is listed on the last page (page 200) as one of "The 320 Greatest Bargains In High-End Audio". Since TAS doesn't use a strict rating like Stereophile it's difficult to compare their final verdict on the Touch with Stereophile's lowly Class D rating but I would venture a guess at about an equivalence to a Class B rating. Not to bad for a $300 item. In fact I'm so impressed with TAS's treatment of the Touch that I may even take back all those bad things I said about HP and his Super Disc List. Only kidding, HP and his dreadful list are still pretty much worthless, well entirely worthless since if I ever receive one of the Super Discs as a present at least I know I can safely return it without even bothering to give it a listen. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82527 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
