stefcon1 wrote: > Fair point but to my ears, external DAC's don't improve any on the > internal DAC of the Touch. There may be some out there that do improve > the sound quality but i haven't heard one. I've spent many fruitless and > expensive years upgrading and came to the conclusion that most of the > "improvements" are in the head. DAC's are a very cheap piece of > electronics, which someone sticks in a fancy box, then tells you how > wonderful it sounds. > > Next, they will be telling us that gold plated interconnects and leads > sound better than cheap ones. :rolleyes:
I'm not talking about improving on the TOUCH DAC (which is quite good). I'm talking about potentially improving on crappy sound cards that convert everything to 16/48 no matter what and do other odd things. *Home:* VortexBox 4TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.3) > LMS 7.8 > Touch > Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (all ethernet except Radio) *Office:* Win7(64) > LMS 7.8 > Squeezelite *Spares:* Touch(3), Radio(3), Boom, SB3, CONTROLLER *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng8 & Squeezepad), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win7(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103285 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
