guidof;697250 Wrote: > As a player into an external DAC the Touch is an excellent platform, > capable of delivering superb sound. > > Even when used with its own internal DAC, it ain't chopped liver, by > any means. > > And for the money, it's a bargain to boot. > > Guido F.
All true but since this is the Audiophile section of the forum we must mention all the things that are not "high end" about the Touch. 1) It is made of plastic rather than machined from one solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum. 2) It has a simple wall wart power supply instead of a super duper, machined from one solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum, linear power supply. 3) While it has a USB input it does not have a USB output (neither asynchronous or synchronous), which is rapidly making the Touch a non-starter for most of the high end audio press. 4) It features bit perfect playback of digital audio files in almost all common formats (mp3, wav, flac, etc.) with bit depths and sampling rates up to and including 24 bit and 88.2/96 kHz. It does not support playback of 32bit / 176.4, 352.8, 192 or 384 kHz files without down-sampling to 24/88.2 or 96 kHz - thus making the Touch a non-starter for most of the high end audio press. 5) The Touch can stream almost all internet radio and other audio streams which means that one can listen to the Touch in the background while writing and editing one's review a music streaming device from an established high end audio manufacturer which is machined from one solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum and features a super duper, machined from one solid piece of aircraft grade aluminum, linear power supply, an asynchronous USB output and full support for playback of 32bit / 176.4, 352.8, 192 or 384 kHz files without down-sampling. 6) The Touch also features very easy setup which does not require that the CEO of Logitech come to your home to assist you with the setup. Again just one more thing that makes the Touch a non-starter for most of the high end audio press. Otherwise the Touch is a really good little audio device :) -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94253 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
