iPhone;596625 Wrote: > Now really, you don't think that if the actual builders of the device > could improve things by simply changing the code that they won't?! Get > real! > > If one wants to "imagine" that they hear a difference afterwards, then > by all means software mod away if it makes one think they are getting > more for their money or out of the unit.
But why would they? The developers are putting together a software package for general purpose use by large numbers of people, they are trying to get a large set of functionality out of the device. The mods in question are all about turning things off or down that are not essential for the actual playback of music. The fewer stuff running on the computer the less the processor has to work and the fewer memory accesses there are. This DOES decrease the noise on supply and ground plane. The Touch already has pretty low noise, which is one of the reasons it does sound so good, BUT its NOT zero. I can measure noise on the supply and ground plane and this noise does change with what is going on software wise. I don't have good enough test equipment to determine EXACTLY the mechanism how each change in software actually affects the outputs, but its good enough to see that there are actual electrical changes in the box that have the possibility of affecting the outputs. They are not large changes it is true. But then audiophiledom is all about getting the last little nth of improvement. Thats what these sorts of changes do, they are all about getting the best out of the equipment that you can get. Its definitely not for everybody. You do give up functionality in order to achieve that slight improvement. The changes are reversible so if you don't like them or you don't think the improvement is worth what you give up, you don't have to use it. John S. -- JohnSwenson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84061 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
