Gazjam;542235 Wrote: > Hi > I use my new Touch with my Caiman Dac, the Touch was a substantial > upgrade into the same Dac over the SB3 I had previously. > I've not heard a Duet though...assume it's on a level with the SB3 > soundwise? > > Regarding the Touch dac vs the Caiman dac.... > The Touch is a VERY big improvement over the SB3 and I would guess the > same jump over the Duet. > > Compared to the Caiman dac, I find it to be not as good. To be honest > though, if I never had the dac I would probably be happy - it sounds > better than the SB3 into the Beresford, so that tells you how good it > is as a transport. > But sound quality wise, the Touch thru the Caiman sounds quite a bit > better to my ears. > > Thing is, my Caiman has been upgraded from standard, and I didn't have > the Touch before I had it upgraded, so can't comment on the standard > dac. Others are using it with a Transporter as a transport....the > standard dac....so guess that's an answer? > > Buy a Touch, it will be a substantial upgrade over the duet..either on > it's own or through the dac.
Thanks Gazjam. Do you know anything more about why would Touch be a better transport than the previous Squeezebox players? What's so different in terms of just receiving, buffering, and pushing digital bits and bytes into the DAC? -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78128 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
