darrenyeats;667956 Wrote: > > This is mostly about psychology. ... > What is the rest of your system? Have you optimised the listening > environment? Unless you have invested in quality loudspeakers (probably > active) and addressed basic acoustics in your room, it is likely other > distortions would make a better DAC a relatively unimportant win. > Darren
Well what you write is true about psychology - but then again, there is a change of sound through DACs in my environment. When I bought my new CD player NAD CD545 the sound improved a lot - actually that is exactly the sound I am looking for from my Touch. When I went from Duet to Touch, there was also quite a difference. The Touch sounds good, but just not as good as my CDplayer. I listen to a lot of classical music, therefore the difference is probably more apparent, than when listening to Pop etc. High soprano voices, High Strings sound a bit harsh on the Touch and lose a bit of the body and are less transparent. Listening to the same music from my CDplayer, is just a lot more soothing, musical and gratifying to me. My system is pretty good, with a NAD Amp and Nubert speakers - which to me sound absolutely great (took me long to find the right speakers) So to me there is a difference between these sourceplayers, it is not night and day, but very noticeable to me. If a new DAC will make as much of a difference as the upgrade from Duet to Touch, then I would be happy. -- Squeezemenicely Squeezebox Server 7.6.1 on Squeezeplug (Dockstar) Synology DS-410j NAS Squeezebox Touch Squeezebox Boom Spotify Premium iPhone: iPeng - iPad: Squeezepad ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Squeezemenicely's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41812 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91233 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
