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squeezebox set up for audiophiles
After researching a bit and reading up on the forum, I would like to set up my squeezebox touch as follows and any input, criticism, guidance, etc to help all of us get on the right path would help. I...
If you plan to invest such an amount of money to strengthen an interim solution, then take all that money and buy a better streaming client and call this interim as well. Even the Kimber PK 10 you considered alone is more expensive than the Touch. Changing anything on server side is a waste of money in your case, especially power cords, etc. If there is no audible stutter in your music, which would hint at disconnects, you cannot enhance anything any more, all of those bits and bytes will arrive at the client the same.
Waiting for some new devices to emerge is your decision, but until then, nothing will really enhance your listening experience, most of these modifications you list are purely cosmetics. My Duet is delivering the digital signal into my preamp directly (Audionet MAP I) and that setups beats my CD player easily, I ripped all of my CDs and those are now boxed and stored away. Most high end streaming clients plus an equivalent DAC today will surpass even the most expensive CD players. Sure you could wait with the client (next years technology will always be better in some way making you wait indefinitely), but I would advise to consider a Linn Majik which is in an ever lower price range than all of those cosmetics summed up but offers a substantial improvement for real.
If you stick to the thought of the client being only a temporary thing and you want to invest into something which is sustainable, you might want to consider an AudioVolver II, which is offering audible improvements and doubles as a network player and a DAC. So even if you think of the streaming client capabilities of this machines as being an interim solution, this machine will still offer a lot of benefit being primarily an audio processor when you buy the "final" streaming client.
Kind regards,
Frank
Waiting for some new devices to emerge is your decision, but until then, nothing will really enhance your listening experience, most of these modifications you list are purely cosmetics. My Duet is delivering the digital signal into my preamp directly (Audionet MAP I) and that setups beats my CD player easily, I ripped all of my CDs and those are now boxed and stored away. Most high end streaming clients plus an equivalent DAC today will surpass even the most expensive CD players. Sure you could wait with the client (next years technology will always be better in some way making you wait indefinitely), but I would advise to consider a Linn Majik which is in an ever lower price range than all of those cosmetics summed up but offers a substantial improvement for real.
If you stick to the thought of the client being only a temporary thing and you want to invest into something which is sustainable, you might want to consider an AudioVolver II, which is offering audible improvements and doubles as a network player and a DAC. So even if you think of the streaming client capabilities of this machines as being an interim solution, this machine will still offer a lot of benefit being primarily an audio processor when you buy the "final" streaming client.
Kind regards,
Frank
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