I pulled the caps out of my Touch, not because I found anything lacking in the sound, but because I read a competent and plausible explanation of what the caps were supposed to do (stop DC from the DAC), what they really did (not work because the DAC outputs no DC, and instead mess with the sound), what would be the consequences of removing them (better analog output signal, at the cost of slightly worse DC protection), and how to remove them (a procedure I felt was within my bag of tricks).
I never did an A/B test (how could I?) and I don't claim to hear any difference. I think my Touch has sounded good all the way. Still I'm happy with having done the mod. But then again, after a couple of years with electrics training and having worked a bit as a live & studio sound guy, I guess I've seen the folly of getting all audiophile-dogmatic about anything. If it sounds OK, it sounds OK. If it sounds good, it sounds good. If it sounds great, it sounds great. And beyond "great", there is nothing. Except a fabled fantasy land, accessible only to those who are free from mundane things like -knowledge- of how stuff works. -- Soulkeeper -that is not dead which can eternal lie. and with strange aeons even death may die.- touch (sans caps) + duet + boom + radio (portable) / dd-wrt @ linksys wrt54g/160n/320n/e2k/e3k + homeplugs &c. / sbs 7.6.x on w7(x86) w/avira free ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soulkeeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35297 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90656 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
