Johnnyg34 wrote: > I’m relatively new at this audiophile stuff (less than 6 month) > and am wondering if you folks out there can help me out. > > I’m looking for advice on how I can optimize the sound quality of > my audio system that uses my Squeezebox Touch. I currently have a Denon > DRA-697I receiver that I connect to my Ohm Acoustic Micro Walsh Tall > speakers. > > I also have my Squeezebox touch connected to a Maverick Audio D1 DAC via > a co-axial cable, an optical cable and RCA jacks. A dial on the DAC > allows the selection for either connection. The Squeeze box is connected > to my receiver via RCA cables. My Squeezebox streams music stored on a > dedicated hard drive connected to my PC. Most of my CD’s are > ripped into wave format. > > I’m not sure, but I was told the best sound connection would be > with a co-axial, next optical and least RCA. I get the reverse. My RCA > connections are the best sounding and the other 2 improve the sound, > albeit marginally. > > So, what changes can I make to the Squeezebox configuration to optimize > the sound quality? > > Thanks
You say the RCA sounds best but then you say the 2 other digital connections IMPROVE the sound, marginally. Is this what you meant to say? If so, I'm not surprised as the internal touch DAC is pretty good. So I wouldn't expect night and day improvement with the Maverick DAC. And it is questionable whether the coaxial vs optical would give you different sounds (much less better or worse). This would depend highly on the DAC itself. edit: also confused, you say the SB is connected via RCA to receiver. I assume you mean RCA to receiver AND digital to the DAC, which is then rca to the receiver? Also, are you sure you are equalizing the volume of the RCA outputs vs the digital via the DAC. It is well established that even an almost imperceptible higher volume will cause subjects in tests to choose the slightly louder source as sounding "better". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96416 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
