Most likely you are having issues with volume level calibration. Many devices like the Denon CD player have very loud op-amps. They will sound better because they are louder. The Touch is a well designed neutral DAC without the usual over driving.
It's almost impossible to calibrate this with your ears. The human ear is just not designed for calibrating SPL. http://ben.nerp.net/noise/pink-noise-30.flac Write that file as an audio track to play in your CD player. Then use an SPL meter or voltmeter across your speaker terminals. That should tell you how much output difference there is between the Denon and the Touch. -- SuperQ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91196 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
