Dave1972;685696 Wrote: > You're mixing up two issues: whether to use an external DAC, and whether > to disable the Touch's digital volume control. > > First the internal DAC: it's not good quality. It's a reasonable, > cheap, functional DAC, not an audiophile DAC. If you don't want your > Touch to sound like a budget CD player, you should really connect an > external DAC. > > As for disabling the volume control: this is highly recommended if you > listen to hi-def stuff (24-bit) or you'll be lowering the resolution at > volumes less than 100%. If you listen to 16-bit stuff it will be less of > an issue. If you listen to MP3 then I wouldn't even worry - do what ever > is most convenient, as the sound quality is already screwed. ;)
Depends on the total system I'd say. In one of my systems, I have a touch feeding a benchmark DAC I and for virtually allmy FLAC files (16, 44.1) I'm not able to tell the difference. But not high end system past the DAC. I just had an extra DAC sitting around. -- garym *Location 1:* VB Appliance 6TB (1.10) > LMS 7.7.1 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Location 2:* VB Appliance 3TB (2.0) > LMS 7.7.1 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.7.1 > SqueezePlay Retired: SB3, Duet Receiver Controllers: iPhone (iPeng), iPad (iPengHD & SqueezePad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.7 on Win7(64) laptop Ripping (FLAC) - dbpoweramp, Additional Tagging - mp3tag ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93094 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
