JohnSwenson wrote: > A couple thoughts: why would anybody want this board? > It has audio specific stuff on it you won't find on other general > purpose computer boards, specifically an analog DAC output that is > significantly better than what is on the Touch, you would have to get at > least a $1000 USB DAC to get in this quality range. Very low jitter > clocks (much lower than the ones in the Touch, but not as good as some > of the best external DACs), a highly optimized S/PDIF coax output that > is better than almost anything else out there no matter what the price. > The beauty of this concept is that these extra "audiophile" options are > easy and inexpensive to add when you are building them in from the > ground up. It's when you take an existing general purpose system and try > and add this as outboard "add-ons" that it gets quite expensive. I > really want to do this with those extra options because that is what > differentiates this from say a CuBox. >
These are indeed the reasons that this product will stand out. Audiophile performance on a DIY budget. Even if the rest of the world remains unconvinced about Squeezebox and prefers their Sonos or Airplay systems, in this community we know the value of the Squeezebox ecosystem, and whilst off-the-shelf hardware is already filling some of the player gap, I think a player whose design focus from the outset is very high SQ will go like hot cakes in this community. I'd also hope that the power supply part will conform to John's very high standards in this area. I'm no software developer, I've already got all the Squeezeboxes I need (and a spare Touch in the loft) but I still want in on one of the first batch of 'our' player. I might use it to replace the currently dormant SB2 that I built into my DIY preamp a couple of years ago. Any chance of a balanced output as well as RCA? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
