magiccarpetride;583739 Wrote: > I know that there are absolutely no differences between setting the > volume to the max and disabling the volume adjustment. Still, there is > a difference between having your player just output the stream of bits > vs having the player be constantly on the call and worrying about > adjusting the gain etc. > > The less your player is capable of doing, the clearer will the signal > be, and the lower the noise floor will be. I'm using Touch as a digital > transport only, so I'd like it to focus on that task alone. I don't want > him to be Jack of all trades and master of none. > > For example, one of the tweaks you can do is reconfigure mysqueezebox > server (http://localhost:9000) to convert FLAC to PCM using the > computer CPU. That way, Touch is relived from that duty, which results > in much better sound. > > Also, another tweak is to commit to one output only (be it analog or > digital), and to disable the other one. Also results in much better > sound, because Touch has less things on the menu to worry about. > > Some people can't hear the difference in the sound quality when > presented with such tweaks. But then again, these are the people who > cannot hear the difference between the sound coming out of a TV and the > sound coming out of Touch etc.
Have you actually audiodiffed these tweaks? ... I have. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82745 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
