Thoroughly "Touched" (long)

[recoveryone]

Just put in order for a Touch off Amazon, should be arriving by the 22nd. it will complete my full line up of Squeezebox units, Transporter in family room, Classic in Master bedroom, Classic in spare/daughter room, and now I will replace the classic in the livingroom with the Touch. I plan on passing that extra classic to my son or maybe hook it up at work.

[E-Stat]

Just put in order for a Touch off Amazon, should be arriving by the 22nd. it will complete my full line up of Squeezebox units, Transporter in family room, Classic in Master bedroom, Classic in spare/daughter room, and now I will replace the classic in the livingroom with the Touch. I plan on passing that extra classic to my son or maybe hook it up at work.

Cool. I remain extremely pleased with mine. Got the third one for backup.

[recoveryone]

Well Amazon came through with flying colors, deliverying a day early. Everything connected without a hitch, a very small learning curve on the personal settings (just used to the SB3 and TP). My imedate observation are that the bass is a bit more pronounce, but still tight. Being use to looking foward at the next song is gone or I need to play with the remote or settings somemore. I am very happy with it and it adds a extra nice touch (no pun ) with the artwork being displayed along with the song info. This replaced the SB3 in the livingroom and it will get its first presentation Saturday as we are having guest over (family) for early Christmas dinner.

[poppachubby]

Thats the view I use too Recovery, but mostly I use the cover view with only the cover on the screen.

[recoveryone]

I still need to go through all the settings and see which one I like best, for now I am use to seeing the song title, artist and album info. The more I listened lastnight the more I enjoyed the slight enhancements in sound, nothing IMHO to throw out the SB3, but just a bit more clarity at low level volume and again the bass has a little more bottom to it while still being tight. I sure some of this may be the new toy effect, but I made sure I listen to my normal sources (Pandora and my own ripped collection). Pandora sounded very good I thought until I switched over to my own collection and WOW, Pandora sounded more like what it is, A lower bit source. Most of my collection is ripped in 320Mp3 (makes it easy to transfer music to my vehicles, since I have yet see/heard a car unit that support Flac format) A few songs ripped in WAV format.

I am impressed with the analog output/built in DAC and may be looking to compare the Transporter and Touch in a analog battle. But this unit, Smaller than I expected, fits nicely on top of the piano with the EQ and AMP hidden behind out of sight. I think our guest will be impressed also this weekend, not only with the aesthetic look, but the rich smooth sounds coming from those bargin hunters dream Fluance speakers. They will be filling the living and Dinningroom with mellow sounds of soulful christmas tunes and Neo Soul. I don't think I could get away with my growing appreciation of classical music just yet, but I'm sure I will sneek in some old school Miles Davis.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all

[E-Stat]

The more I listened lastnight the more I enjoyed the slight enhancements in sound, nothing IMHO to throw out the SB3, but just a bit more clarity at low level volume and again the bass has a little more bottom to it while still being tight.

One of the differences has to do with the power supply which can have a significant effect on any audio component. The wall wart on the Touch delivers more current and is interchangeable with SB3. You can buy those for about ten bucks.

I use robust linear power supplies on mine which takes the sound quality up yet another notch.

[recoveryone]

One of the differences has to do with the power supply which can have a significant effect on any audio component. The wall wart on the Touch delivers more current and is interchangeable with SB3. You can buy those for about ten bucks.

I use robust linear power supplies on mine which takes the sound quality up yet another notch.

I will keep that in mind to get more out of the other two SB3's I still use