TheLastMan;692823 Wrote: > Is the Squeezebox the only source component you are going to use? If the > answer is "yes" you could go with the power-amp plus volume control (or > attenuators) discussed here, *but try to keep it simple.* > > If the answer is no, and you might, in the future, be connecting a CD > player, DAB radio or other source *or want to keep things simple* then > get a good quality integrated amp. > > > Not initially. The Touch already has an excellent internal DAC that you > will struggle to better without paying a lot of money. If you are using > the analogue RCA plugs there is no need to disable anything. If you are > interested in music rather than hi-fi it would be better to *spend the > money on a few more CDs and keep it simple.* > > Philosophical note from somebody who in their 20s had a severe case of > "upgraditis" and was living in "tweak hell"; Go to a decent hi-fi > dealer with a proper listening room who is prepared to give you some > time (I took a day of holiday and did not regret it). Take your > speakers (if they don't have your model) and do some *blind* listening > to amplifiers. Pick the one that sounds best in your price range, buy > it, plug it in and forget it. > > Don't buy an amplifier, DAC or any other piece of equipment based only > on what I, a magazine review, or anybody else tells you *without > listening to it first - ideally compared to other amps*. > > Don't dismiss second hand or ex-demo equipment. I bought my amplifier > after a blind listening test. The dealer chucked it into the test > saying I had to hear it even though the price was less than half my > budget. I did not know what it was before I heard it. It was over 10 > years old then and, despite being half the price, it blew anything > newer I tried in the same test out of the water. It is still my main > amplifier and is now 30 years old! > > > If connected to a decent amplifier then the RCA (phono) cables will be > fine. > > If you don't get a DAC you can forget the coax output. > > *Edit: *'My story from another thread' > (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=638210&postcount=66)
Really nicely summarized. -- totoro sb touch -> classdaudio sds-450 -> audio physic tempo 4 + rel storm 3 & rythmik f12se ------------------------------------------------------------------------ totoro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5935 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93776 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
