figured i should toss out a positive review, since the negative nancies sometimes skew the silent majority...
ive owned the duet for two years, practically to the date. i stumbled across a good used touch deal...like-new condition, used for a month, for about $100 under retail. yea, im sure i couldve dedicated lots of effort and bought brand new on ebay for $50 under retail, but this was an accidental find so i snapped it up. i have been wanting a touch since they hit the shelves, so im thrilled. once i sorted out my own network quirks, the duet was very reliable, and i love it. that being said, even with a respectable amount of tech ability, i would experience ocassional dropouts and frustrating buffering. with the upgrade to touch, also went the server (7.4.x? > 7.5.3) and firmware. i didnt bother to spend time testing a control to isolate existing issues, but what i know now is the duet still seems to max out at ~75% wifi strength, while the touch has never shown below 100% signal. is the touch wifi card that much better than duet receiver? to me, that alone makes it worth the price. a couple of weeks test drive and i love this piece of equipment. i read the horror stories on upgrades, which is why i dont do them. if it aint broke, dont fix it. but the entire system upgrade (even for duet) went smooth as silk. i experienced a stutter during the very first playback of a 24/96 flac file, but never one hiccup or dropout since over the last couple weeks. even while moving data at 1.5mb/s (deal breaker for duet) over the network, very impressed. duet is still kicking, shes retired to the bedroom feeding a set of budget 313 logitech 2.1 powered speakers. now the touch is not managing an audiophile setup by any stretch of the imagination. even so, id like to maximize what i have to get the most bang for my buck. im running it through the receiver of a best buy home theater, sony bravia 5.1 with dolby and dts decoders. from what i gather, squeezebox cant handle multichannel, which seems like a shame. is anyone familiar enough to know if the sony receiver is even capable of outputting audio from hi-rez 24/96 digital files? would also be a shame if i couldnt fully utilize the touch hardware. any other recommendations for more efficiently utilizing what i have to maximum potential? swap the rca jacks for digital maybe? any feedback appreciated. in my opinion this is a fantastic piece of gear, and it looks sleek next to the turntable. wow, sorry for the long read... -- fillmore ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fillmore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23178 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85296 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
