First of all, thanks to all of you for the tips. Final thoughts based on recent experiments:
1. Turning the volume up on the Touch was incredibly important. This seemed to have a huge impact on sound quality. 2. Using dbPoweramp to rip flac files was a bit more complicated than iTunes for aiff files. However, dbPoweramp was much faster, more flexible, more informative, and more comforting. 3. Most importantly, the sound quality of flac seemed a little better than aiff. Both were only a little better than a 192kps wma file. I think the Touch improves a 192 kps wma file. I did use much newer equipment for additional testing and the sound differences were easier to notice. I firmly believe the Touch is a stunning product. The sound quality is very good overall, but is great considering the price. The ability to combine Internet Radio with easy playback of stored files in combination with the ease and fun render this one of the great bargains in audio. P.S. I know my hearing isn't as good as before, but this is the first product comparison in years that has been hard to judge. I couldn't try my DAC due to cable issues. My sample size (and time) was not huge, but I rarely need that much time to spot sound quality. Using the Touch in a secondary room close to the screen makes the product even better. The remote is good, but the screen is fun. -- mrfinsky327 Steve F. Main System: SOTA Nova TT, Clearaudio Aurum Beta, CJ PV-12 Preamp, Cambridge CD4SE, Musical Fidelity V-DAC, McCormack DNA-1 Amp, Paradigm Reference Studio 100 V.3 Speakers, Kimber AQ and TARA Cables Second System: Rega Planar 3 TT, AT 95 Cartridge, Superphon Preamp, B&K ST-140 Amp, Linn Index Speakers, Squeezebox Touch Media Player, Aural Symphonics Chord and AQ Cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mrfinsky327's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=50851 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91196 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
