ralphpnj;584073 Wrote: > I had a similar set up in that I replaced a Squeezebox Receiver with a > Touch, using the digital out on both devices into an external DAC (the > DAC in my Headroom Desktop amp). I completely agree with MCR > (magiccarpetride) that the differences between the two are not subtle - > the digital out of the Touch sounds much cleaner with a much better > frequency balance in that the bass response of the Receiver is/was much > too loud. > > However the Controller still works great. > > Now if only I could stream my (mostly flac) music library via the web > to any other computer or to the Controller via the web rather my home > network.
Fully concur. One thing I'm not sure about is whether the digital transport in Touch is susceptible to the 'burn in' phenomenon. I've been experiencing extraordinary transformations of the sound quality with my Caiman DAC as it was burning in; Caiman is a piece of equipment that truly needs substantial burn in period before it can shine its true colors (it sounded incredibly underwhelming out of the box). With Touch, I think I'm hearing some improvements after four days of constant burn in, but it could also be that I'm merely learning how to listen to it properly, as my ears adjust to the added clarity and softness in the sound. Any observations from the field by those of you who have been living with the Touch for a few months now? Oh, btw, one way to stream your content to any computer would be to store it on amazon s3 cloud. Touch allows you to access different IP addresses and stream your content. -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82766 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
