Touchuser;577258 Wrote: > Thanks to Apesbrain for his to-the-point, helpful and considerate > answer. Phil, you could learn about life, let alone being a helpful > forum member, from Apesbrain. > All best > S
With all respect, Phil is easily one of the most helpful, knowledgeable and (usually) very respectful of this forum's members. On the other hand he does have kind of a pet peeve about audiophiles going by other people's opinions rather than using their own ears. For some reason or other your initial post seemed to have hit he hot button. The Touch's analog outputs are really quite good and the Touch sounds better than many stand alone CD players and external DACs. I believe that what Phil was trying to say is that only by listening to and comparing both the sound of Touch's analog output versus the sound of the Touch feeding an external DAC can one decide which configuration sounds best. I have my Touch's digital output connected to the DAC built into my Headroom Desktop amp only because I already owned the Headroom amp prior to purchasing the Touch and I like the sound of Headroom amp. So if you already own a good external DAC whose sound you are happy with, by all means use it conjunction with the Touch's digital outputs and enjoy the music. Just remember that the Touch's analog output can easily hold its own many modestly priced audio systems and go easy on Phil, he's one of the good guys. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82051 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
