Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread drmatt
Because it's got nothing to do with a squeezebox touch, per se, i would agree with you. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums..

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread Julf
I guess this should go in the "audiophile" section. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread drmatt
No, i got the Mytek dsd 192 for a good price. They may still have a few in the Mytek online shop. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k albums.. --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread toolapcblack
is it the mytek brooklyn you are suggesting? may be outside my budget toolapcblack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=63326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107144 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread drmatt
But the difference is there. I tried the Hugo out and it's pretty lovely sounding. Fortunately it does sound like a genuine improvement over the SBT own analogue output. I say "fortunately" because it's rather expensive. I didn't keep it, however, as i felt it lacked bass solidity compared to som

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread Julf
The DAC in the SBT is pretty good, so any improvement from an external DAC will be relatively minor. "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1

[SlimDevices: Touch] Chord DAC(mojo or maybe hugo) + SBT

2017-03-19 Thread toolapcblack
Hi long time user of the wonderful sbt here: i am toying with the idea of trying to improve my setup maybe with a streamer(Cambridge 851N)but as i love the sbt user interface i am so much more tempted to get a good chord DAC, i have used the sbt before through micromega and nuforce DAC combination