daleyb wrote: > Hi Garym hope your well. The volume was the same. I got a great offer on > a Rega DAC-R (£360), but only used the coax to my amp.At the point I > was unaware of the EDO App, so never tried it. Then reading the forum on > here made me aware of the app. The bad news is I Sold the DAC on ebay > Soon after buying it.The Good news is I sold it for a profit(not much > after ebay ,Paypal &co took there cut) at£480. > > Despite this, Iam still left thinking I really should of kept it and > tried the EDO APP.(Though DACs are cheap & plentiful). The DAC with my > CD player Sounded Fantastic, But now I have music at my Fingertips with > SBT, who needs CD's..? (apart fro ripping them, which I have now > completed-well thats never really ends)...Ive even just Sold my beloved > Record Collection.My Turntable is Redundant. > > I never thought when I started ripping My CDs with DBPA a few years ago > (and you were there (Garym) at my humble beginnings) with a view to > streaming, it would completely change how I listened to music.. > > looking at the thread on here at folks SBT systems really makes me > drool with passion.Not sure I will be putting a SBT In the bathroom > anytime soon though ! > > > Daleyb (a Graduate of the Garym University of Ripping & Streaming)
Hi Daleyb. I'm pleased you're enjoying the squeezebox ecosystem and ripping with dbpa. It certainly changed my interaction with my music. My advice is to not go too far down into the rabbit hole of "improving" sound quality. First, don't believe everything you read. Most things you'll read about power supplies, DACs, etc. will be audiophool nonsense. In the case of your situation, I would be surprised if the difference you are hearing is not that your CD player is a bit "hotter" in terms of output than the SB Touch w/internal DAC. So that increased volume (even tiny amount) gives the listener the idea that the louder source is "better". Then again, it's only money and a hobby, so if you feel better with a different DAC, then go for it. I use an older Benchmark DAC I attached to a Touch in one location (connected via S/PDIF cable--I don't use the EDO app to produce USB output and I don't have any files that are > than 24/96, in fact most are 16/44.1 CD rips). I mostly like the Benchmark DAC over the Touch internal DAC because I can use balanced analog outputs from the Benchmark (and I had the Benchmark well before getting a squeezebox). *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.9 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.9 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win8(64) > LMS 7.9 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Transporter, Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win8(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=105793
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