aubuti wrote: > Remembering the 5 yo advice...hey, youngster, digital isn't necessarily > better. And you certainly can't listen to it. > > Whether your music is on CDs or USB sticks, it is already digital. To > listen to it, you need to have it converted to analog. For this you need > a DAC (digital-analog-converter). DACs come in many shapes, sizes, and > quality levels. Anything that takes digital music source and outputs > analog has a DAC. So CD players have DACs, and iPod has a DAC going to > the headphone output, the SB has a DAC going to the analog outputs, a > digital receiver has a DAC, a computer sound card with analog outputs > has a DAC. You get the picture. > > You only need one DAC. The DAC in the Touch is very good. Not the best > that money can buy, but extremely good value for money. > > Hope this helps, kid :-)
Here a DAC, there a DAC, everywhere a DAC, DAC...Got it...so...you're saying the IPOD has it's own DAC so I wouldn't need/want the fancy/schmancy i20-Pure dock...even tho it's supporters say it creates better sound cuz the signal out of the IPOD is reconverted into digital, via the i-20, before it enters my 30 yo non-dig receiver. So aside from storage issues..and I think 160 GB would be enuf, the IPOD to my ole receiver would produce decent sound....and if I go with the Vortexbox Appliance--SB Touch--...I'll get....equally good sound but more storage capacity plus not have to reload the Vortex cuz it won't fail as a hard drive within the IPOD will eventually..that's what you're saying..I think? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LeeA's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56330 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95360 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
