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Squeezebox Touch simple 24/192 output mod

A call to all owners of the Squeezebox Touch. You can now install a simple third party app ("Enhanced Digital Output") developed by Triode that allows your Touch to output true 24/192 to your DAC via USB or Coax SPDIF. You need the latest updated Media Server 7.2 installed first. It installs a linux kernal that enables the high res digital output and disables the analog outputs (which you don't need if using a DAC anyway). I installed in a few minutes and can attest that it does improve the overall sound quality. My Bel Canto DAC3 is an earlier model that is capable up to 24/176.4 input and I successfully passed a file of that size and it sounds great. Many others who have 24/192 capability have successfully passed files of that quality as well as long as their processors can handle that input. Logitech is not officially supporting this app, but it really lets your Touch shine and handle the high res files. Apparently the Touch has had this capability all along but has not been unleashed yet. Please share your experiences and get the word out. The Touch will be an even better value than it is now. Enjoy!

For more info go to http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?94512-Announce-Enhanced-Digital-Output-app-USB-Dac-and-192k-Digital-Ouput
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tonyangel
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I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I just went and checked Spotify out again, after reading your post. I don't see anything that would indicate that you can download 24/192 files from Spotify. If I am wrong, please let us know. Getting hi res music for less than ~$25 an album would be a blessing. All I'm seeing is that Spotify will stream at 320kbps for its Premium members.

I any case, I've had no problems streaming anything through my SBT, whether it was MOG, Spotify or any other service that I tried.

I don't think that anyone is going to abandon the idea of streaming music because the touch was discontinued.
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jriggy
549 posts
 
Sounds like to me Mjmch2003 is confused and possibly thinking that 192khz is the same but LESS than 320kbps, when in fact they are totally different things. Also maybe confusing the difference between Downloading and streaming...
mizuno
59 posts
 
Folks,

Am I the only one for whom the enhanced digital output stopped working a few weeks ago? New sb software upgrade? Help, can't play my files anymore!
mjmch2003
243 posts
 
Thanks, guys. I may in indeed be confused. Here's the prob I'm having. I installed Enhanced Digital output...and then stream Spotify, but the reading on my DAC only shows 44.1 (I am a Spotify Premium member). If I stream from my TV, it shows 48k (this is all the optical from the TV is capable of passing, I believe).

Tonyangel, how did you configure the SBT to stream Spotify at a higher rate? Any Internet radio channels on the SBT that will stream at the higher rates? I'm tying to see my DAC tell me it's receiving a high bit rate signal..!!
tonyangel
309 posts
 
I did NOT configure SBT to stream any service at a higher bit rate. That is the point that I'm trying to make. The highest bit rate that I am aware of is 16 bit at 320kbps at best from any streaming service.

I can't begin to guess why your DAC is showing a 44.1khz incoming stream from Spotify. The best that Spotify does is 320kbps.

What you essentially said in your above post is that you are getting a CD quality stream from Spotify. Unless I am mistaken, this cannot be.
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