iPhone;578050 Wrote: > Would you mind explaining how you can remotely even think this? There is > absolutely no Audio difference between streaming using the Touch whether > it has a wireless or Ethernet connection! > >
iPhone: I'm not sure that I can, or even wish to try to, explain the reasons for what I hear. However, I was *-not-* hearing differences between wireless and Ethernet but between wireless and USB stick. The USB stick seemed to be better. Since then, I have been listening to a greater variety of recordings and have actually (but provisionally) reached the opposite conclusion. Over a range of recordings, the USB stick seems more three-dimensional, but the wireless seems more natural, with more "air." Overall I prefer the wireless setup, and of course sleep better knowing I depend on the full SBS and not on TinySBS. But the differences are indeed very small and today is Tuesday. Ask me on Wednesday and I may have a different opinion. (We're talking about -Audiophilia Nervosa-, aren't we? -- not ones and zeros). However, on either wireless or USB stick, 44.1/16s sound as good (and, sorry, I think sometimes better than) CDs played on my Cambridge Azur 840C), and 96/24s sound *-way-* better than CDs. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 9 (Linn download), for example, seems to be playing "live" in my listening room. Absolutely awesome! Dynamics galore, accurate timbres, low level detail, the works! Was never able to get this sound with CD. Guido F. -- guidof *Front End*: Marantz TT 15S1 Turntable, Virtuoso Wood Cartridge; Cambridge Azur 840C CD Player; Oppo BDP--83 Universal Player; Squeezebox Touch Music File Player (digital out to Cambridge Azur 840C DAC) *Preamps*: Conrad Johnson Motif (Phono); Adcom GFP-750 (Line) *Amps*: Music Reference RM-200 Mk II (Main); Little Tube Mk III (Phones) *Subwoofer Equalizer*: DSpeaker Antimode 8033 *Speakers*: Martin Logan SL3s; REL T1 Subwoofer *Headphones*: AKG K701 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ guidof's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40448 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82060 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
