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Gazjam;456855 Wrote:
Squeezebox Touch SPDIF output compared to the Classic compared to the
Transporter.
As a lot of us use our Squeezeboxes as a transport into a Dac, so this
possibly is quite the question for habitual audiophile upgraders. :)
Early reports say the Touch has a much better
Can't speak to the Transporter part of this discussion yet, but it is
already known that the S/PDIF output on the Touch *-IS-* better then the
output on the Classic. Don't have the posts for that rounded up yet, but
it has been discussed on the Forum already.
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iPhone;458797 Wrote:
Can't speak to the Transporter part of this discussion yet, but it is
already known that the S/PDIF output on the Touch *-IS-* better then the
output on the Classic. Don't have the posts for that rounded up yet, but
it has been discussed on the Forum already.
I don't
ralphpnj wrote:
I don't mean to be a pain in the neck, but just how exactly can the
S/PDIF output be better since if the device (whether the device is the
Classic or the Receiver or the Touch) is acting only as a digital
pass-through and the bits (the digital signal) are received exactly has
pfarrell;458801 Wrote:
The DAC has nothing to do with SPDIF output, the signal is sent out the
SPDIF output before it goes to the DAC.
I'm sorry that I didn't make myself clearer since I'm well aware of the
above.
pfarrell;458801 Wrote:
What you seem to be missing is that SPDIF needs to be
It's a head vs. heart kind of thing. The head says buy the lesser
SB because:
- May be sufficient by itself
- Learn the issues with interfacing computer based audio with analogue
downstream
- Upgrade with a DAC later, if necessary
- Given that more more of our music is going to come to us
ralphpnj;458806 Wrote:
Now that's more like it. But I'm still unclear as to why one S/PDIF
output would sound better than any other S/PDIF output since most good
external DACs will reclock the output anyway.
Well, reclocking is good on paper. And S/PDIF output is good on paper
too.
In
Themis;458809 Wrote:
Well, reclocking is good on paper. And S/PDIF output is good on paper
too.
In practice, though... things are slightly different.
Although, you're probably right, there're much less (clocking) problems
with most good external DACs, as you say.
Simply much less is not
Very good summary !
Well, as you say, neither is a bad solution.
I can add one more advantage to each solution:
head : - Having the ability to read continuously all the damn forums
trying constantly to find 'a better, cheaper, dac', occasionnaly
dreaming about one.
heart : - Never having to read
In my opinion : the difference is probably too small to actually be an
advantage for the vast majority. In any case, the difference is much
smaller than -say- two different dacs of the same price tag (which is
already very small).
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Themis;458820 Wrote:
In my opinion : the difference is probably too small to actually be an
advantage for the vast majority. In any case, the difference is much
smaller than -say- two different dacs of the same price tag (which is
already very small).
Nonetheless I'm excited about the fact
ralphpnj;458800 Wrote:
I don't mean to be a pain in the neck, but just how exactly can the
S/PDIF output be better since if the device (whether the device is the
Classic or the Receiver or the Touch) is acting only as a digital
pass-through and the bits (the digital signal) are received
ralphpnj;458823 Wrote:
Nonetheless I'm excited about the fact that the Touch can play back
hi-rez without down sampling and for the same price as a SB Classic. So
I guess the real important comparisons will be between the Transporter
and various Touch/external DAC combos.
As I have
iPhone;458832 Wrote:
I think this is the answer you're 'looking for'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=456536postcount=5). It is
why I posted Touch is better then Classic/Receiver using S/PDIF.
And I agree that the Touch has a bunch of potential for being the
transport for
I'm also thinking the touch is winner here I own a Meridian G68J A/V
preamp i'm not interesting in analog outputs on any source, in fact all
sources including tv have digital outputs in some form be it toslink
spdif mhr or hdmi .
This processor does 24/96 nicely.
Transporter would be a waste of
Was messing around today and discovered what seems to be one of the most
under-published features of the iTunes 9.0 and iPhone OS 3.1 updates --
support for AAC Plus streams. Apple is finally catching up to
Slimdevices...
Let's hope that more and more sites start streaming in this format. I
am
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