Howard Turkster;608567 Wrote: > Is this opinion universally held here? Trust me I didn't expect to hear > much of a difference when I tried the ethernet connection -- I > stubbornly had been running a HDD directly to the Touch for months > cause I didn't think there would be a difference -- but was completely > blown away when I tried it. (And I had connected via wifi prior to the > HDD). > > Since I have it connected via ethernet, I literally haven't turned the > music off during waking hours, it sounds so much better. It is > smoother, less-fatiguing, and if I may mix metaphors, sounds like the > difference between 'listening in 2d' vs. 3d.
I have found the same - Ethernet was "significantly" different sounding than WIFI. I have explained this before - I though at first it was just a loudness difference. Then ethernet seemed more forward, and clinical. I switched back to WIFI and stayed with it for some time, thinking it was more analog - more forgiving. What I realized is that ethernet sounded bigger. Bigger "bandwidth" possibly. More real. Larger soundstage. Clearer and better transients also. Overall, I would conclude the sound is "better". -- earwaxer9 System: modified Winsome Labs Mouse, modified Maggie MMG's, Transporter, HSU sub 12, MSB DAC to 500 watt sub slave amp, JPS labs power cords, Silver audio interconnect, Audioquest Granite speaker cable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ earwaxer9's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39527 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85420 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
