stop-spinning;604888 Wrote: > OK Phil - I am evaluating the Duet but should I be considering the Touch > as a final purchase instead? Don't forget that I am gunning for the best > sound quality - but at the same time I don't need anything better than > CD quality 16 bit 'resolution wise' (hence my interest in NOS DACs) - > so the Touch's extra bit resolution will be redundant to me at least. > And of course I won't be interested in the better DAC in the Touch > because I will be using an external DAC - so again that extra upgrade > is no use to me either. > > But are there other advantages to the Touch I should consider before > keeping the Duet? For example 'are' the digital outputs marginally > superior giving me more 'headroom' to upgrade to higher-end DACs should > I ever find the money to afford do so? And is the operating system now > 'open source' on the Touch which again will help for development > reasons and upgrades. Anything else I may have forgotten (I am not > interested in the Touch screen)?
Both the Duet Receiver and Touch are 24-bit devices. They both always output a 24-bit bitstream via s/pdif and TOSLINK, regardless of what went into them. The Touch has a better performing s/pdif circuit which will show audible improvements over the Receiver into certain DAC's. The Touch firmware (by which I mean all of the code that runs on the device itself) is not completely "open source". It is copyright Logitech. This is no different to any other device you might buy (and better than most!). Not sure I've answered all of your questions? - you should get some other opinions... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84903 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
