mapman
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| Logitech Squeezebox sound compared to CD Player Back to addressing, the ops original question, IMHO, the SB Touch out of the box and even more so with and external DAC is highly competitive with some of the best digital rigs I have heard out there at any cost. So I would start there.Then if for... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox sound compared to CD Player RBautista,Have you tried the mod to disable wireless when using SB TOuch with an external DAC? I wonder if the mod has any impact there?A scenario where the onboard DAC might benefit due to less RF noise or something along that line perhaps would ... | |
| Selecting headphones and a headphone amp Stax + tube amp is hard to beat. I use TAD Hibachi monoblocks with my Stax as a a more SS alternative and that is a very good pairing. The TADs are a fantastic value for both Stax and tube friendly speakers in general. | |
| Music server Touch is a player, and not a server. There is server software and server hardware. Sb server (now called logitech media server) is a very solid server software choice on pcs for audiophile types that can acclimate to getting top notch sound withou... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox sound compared to CD Player Most of the info on that blob appears to be pure conjecture. Could not find anything that discounted wireless. The things I read that might make a predictable difference is choice of ic out, and nothing shocking there and maybe power supply but I ... | |
| Logitech Squeezebox sound compared to CD Player My sound with sb touch is not veiled and I use wireless. Wireless should have no effect on sound quality. What is the reasoning behind claims that wireless is veiled? | |
| Can NOLA's "Boxer" compete with big floorstanders? "I will acknowledge that some of the soundstage is probably created by the speakers and the room they're in rather than an exact reproduction of the recorded venue, but there is still good image location and palpability within that soundstage, may... | |
| How Many Audiophiles Have Do You Know? I've met a lot who like good music and sound and had good sounding systems but who never formally labeled themselves as an audiophile. If only they knew what they were missing..... | |
| Experience with Denon 100th Anniversary Components Hmm, anniversary products are an interesting breed.I wonder if they are mostly the vendor's way of getting the consumer to pay more as a tribute/anniversary gift to them? Interesting marketing concept. Not sure of the value to the consumer unless ... | |
| Cable maintenance Maybe take the wires to a nice spa and have all that done for you?A chocolate bath with a thorough rinse might really revitalize those tired old wires. | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus Yes, but I think there is value in pointing out that visions of grandeur be it in music or any other facets of life can be a double edged sword. | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus I have great appreciation for classical music but claims of its innate superiority do bring up in my mind some nasty historical facts associated that would seem to contradict any claims of associated purity of spirit. | |
| "Audiophile Jabberwocky" There is no rule that says the original is always better. That's an audiophile myth that leads to tone controls, signal processing etc. being reviled. Many enhancements are possible during the copy process that may produce preferred if not necessa... | |
| Affordable "audiophile" network player? "on't you still need a computer and a DAC? Computer is needed for your own music server but not for web/internet sources.Touch has a decent DAC built in so you only need a separate one if you want or need to tweak from there.Why I really like the ... | |
| 12 Extremely Disappointing Facts About Popular Mus "Silly,classical music is the highest acheivement of the wetern world"Orchestrating music sure beats out orchestrating wars in terms of high achievement.What is it again that makes classical music so much better than all the rest?Harder to create ... |