Mnyb;661777 Wrote:
Do try the Touchs analogue out and compare to your old dac, try to level
match so that not the loudest wins :)
After trying that - by doing an A-B test by connecting both of the
Touch's digital coax and analog outputs to my pre-amp and switching
between them - I discovered
Phil,
As you can see from my post below to Mynb, I ended up using the Touch's
analog outputs so that resolved the issue for me.
I am extremely pleased with the audio quality from not only my 96/24
files, but also with both .WMA and Spotify Premium streaming through
the Touch.
Thanks for your
It may not be your ears (only ) you said old dac I interpreted that as
very old as it did not have 24/96 and digital tech .
I think that Touch (or any modern source ) beats almost all the
brandname DAC's from early 90's .
Digital Technology has moved forward a lot .
And the old dac could simply
cvj;661819 Wrote:
Thanks, I will appreciate that very much!
In custom_convert.conf:
{edit with notepad or wordpad}
flc flc * *
# FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}D:{RESAMPLE=rate -v -s 48k}
[flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -q -v0.965 -t wav - -t wav
-b 24 -C 0
I have just replaced a SB Classic with a new SB Touch. Everything works
except for streaming 96/24 FLAC files through the Touch to my ancient
Digital - Analog converter, which I used to be able to do through the
SB3.
The problem that whereas the SBS/SB3 combo would down-convert the FLAC
files to
cvj;661766 Wrote:
I have just replaced a SB Classic with a new SB Touch. Everything works
except for streaming 96/24 FLAC files through the Touch to my ancient
Digital - Analog converter, which I used to be able to do through the
SB3.
The problem that whereas the SBS/SB3 combo would
Do try the Touchs analogue out and compare to your old dac, try to level
match so that not the loudest wins :)
--
Mnyb
Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x
MeridianDSP5200
Phil Leigh;661769 Wrote:
Yes you need a customised entry in custom_convert.conf (assuming you are
streaming from a Server running SBS).
This will force everything to 48khz.
It would of course be better to upgrade your DAC...
I can post the entry you need tomorrow morning...
Thanks, I
Mnyb;661777 Wrote:
Do try the Touchs analogue out and compare to your old dac, try to level
match so that not the loudest wins :)
I will give that a try!
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cvj
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