BenL wrote: > I've wanted to try using EDO for a while and finally had the time to > play with it. I have Pandora premium so 192/24 is presumably being > streamed but I didn't want to spend much on a DAC until I determined the > level of improved sound. I feed the analog signal into a high end audio > system. I decided to purchase a VERY INEXPENSIVE DAC, the C2G / Cables > to Go 28733 DAC fron the Amazon site. I had some digital coax around > and used it to output from my SBT after installing the EDO app. The > result- WOW! Presence, space soundstage and resolution. From a $50 > DAC! I can only imagine what a higher quality device might deliver. My > many, many thanks to the developer of the EDO app. It installed without > fuss, works flawlessly and delivers great sound! And it's FREE. > Outstanding work.
You should be aware that Pandora Premium (Pandora One?) won't stream to a Squeezebox Player, including a TOUCH. Even though you are a premium pandora subscriber, all this does different within a Squeezebox ecosystem is to make sure you don't get any ads. The stream you're getting is the same as the basic stream (128kb I think). This has been a long standing complaint to Logitech that people can't get the higher-res streams via their squeezeboxes. p.s. the Pandora Premium stream is not lossless 24/192. Rather the Pandora Premium, even if you got it, is the 192kbp lossy file (not even CD quality 16/44.1). But as your test has confirmed, most people can't actually tell the difference in a double blind test between a lossy file of sufficient bitrate (say 128kbs) over a CD quality or hires quality lossless file. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94512 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
