m@ver1ck;664197 Wrote: > I've got the following system: > SB Touch -> Rega DAC -> Naim Nait XS -> Rega RS5 speakers. > > I've never entirely been happy with the s/q of my system. Recently, I > tried the dac with a laptop, and the system sounded a lot better, like > a lot of noise disappeared. The system sounded a lot less shrill and > more pleasant to listen to. > > Enter spotify: When I listen to spotify through the sb touch -> Rega > DAC etc, there is again this sense of calm, lowering of noise floor > etc. The system sounds really really good. However, when it's playing > lossless files, there is a little shrillness to it. > > Any ideas? > > I'm thinking of getting a gigabit router. Maybe the system is working > hard pumping lots of bits, and less will make it happier? The router has nothing to do with sound quality.
-- 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/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters,VdH Toslink,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones 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=91028 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
