NoFlyZone wrote: > Been awhile since I've visited the Squeezebox forum. Hi. > > Please be patient with me as I'm not getting the picture regarding how > the Touch interfaces with an outboard DAC and a computer. > > To start with, I used to own (still do in fact) a Squeezebox 3 and a > Transporter. I was familiar with Squeezecenter and like it very much. It > worked which is way better than I can say with "other" software > solutions in computer audio including iTunes which I dislike with a > passion. > > So, owning a Macbook pro and maybe later, a stripped down mini, but > somewhat dependent upon iTunes miser, I'm looking for alternatives > software. What was great when I get it running on the Mac solution is > the IPAD remote interface because not only can the family use it, my 94 > year old dad can actually find music through my library and select. > Given his "Alzheimers" state of mind, that's been way cool when it > works. The main goal is sound quality, to deliver as jitter free a > stream as I can to my soon to arrive NAD M51 DAC. > > I have a library in both lossless Apple, and FLAC. I have an Oppo BDP95 > and have been using an external hard drive with my libraries. Hard drive > is connected to Oppo via USB. > > I'm told having an external hard drive via USB to Oppo will not add > jitter because it does not deal with clocks. So, if that's true, one > interface is to use the Oppo HDMI input feeding it with NAD HDMI output > which is essentially an I2S implementation and use the very basic Oppo's > interface to access music from the hard drive. From NAD I go balanced to > my preamp and all is supposedly well. > > Here's where I get really confused. EDO, the new SB app, utilizes the > Touch to interface an outboard DAC with Squeezecenter? If I have a > library stored on the MAC, this can be accessed through Squeezecenter, > outputted from MAC through either USB or SPDIF without the need for an > expensive interface such as Offramp or Audiophilia clocks to deal with > jitter? This would be very cool as I would have a really nice remote > interface to control my library with a really nice software suite from > Logitech, and not the crappy iTunes interface. > > Too good to be true huh? > > Hope I spelled this out logically :\
i have touch > usb > mf vlink 192 > aes/ebu > m51 - with careful choice of usb cable can sound v good. think triode is working on fix for edo usb out to m51, but I am happy with mf vlink 192 over quality of m51 usb because it gives me balanced out into m51 aes/ebu. various other forums rave about touch to m51 via offramp, others like the berkeley solution, others say buy a better dac. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95778 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
