Dave1972 wrote: > Until recently I was using a mk 1 Cambridge Audio DACMagic. Can't > comment on the DACMagic Plus, but the standard one is definitely lower > end as far as DACs go - but still streets ahead of the Touch's built-in > DAC. You will not fail to hear an improvement. I'm always amazed when I > see comments stating that the Touch has a "good" built-in DAC. Good by > what standard? The Touch on its own always reminded me of the sound of > cheap CD players I've had in the past, whereas even a low-end external > DAC will take it to the next level. In fact, I recently upgraded my DAC > to a Geek Pulse, which is a lovely sounding DAC. However, I'd still say > the improvement isn't as massive as the improvement of originally adding > the DACMagic.
But in this particular case it won't matter much as op is: A. not using the dac in the Touch , but what's included in the denon av amp . B. It is very likely that the denon do AD convert its analog inputs , thus whatever you do you will still listening to the denon DAC . touch to Dac > DA conversion to analog in AD conversion > Denon > DA conversion . This has the potential to sound different if you manage to introduce some artifacts ( noise and distortion ) at high enough level . It also has the potential to be completely inaudible even if it's nominally worse to do it like this . -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (spares Touch, SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103285 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
