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With a slight caveat for the fact that this is an initial impression based on one evening's listening I have to admit that I have as yet been unable to discern any differences whatsoever between the Touch's digital and analog outputs when feeding the Grace m902.

This thing is good, for $300 it's very good.

Wow! The Touch seems to be comfortable in the company of some very fine stand alone dacs. And a touch screen to boot!

Struts thanks for taking the time to give your much valued impressions. I'll order up!

I've had my Touch connected to my Headroom Desktop amp via the digital outputs and the analog outputs and when switching between the levels are perfectly matched. I've been playing back music leaving the input selector set to either analog or digital for long periods of time and I can't tell which input is which. Yes the Touch's analog output is very good. I haven't compared the Touch against the Transporter but I will do so shortly.

The Touch has the potential to bring music streaming into the big time.

Very impressive.

Thanks for the report, Jazzfan.

Thank you Jazzfan.

This is the way I prefer to compare. All that switching back and forth is fatiguing and boring. I suspect you will do the same with the Transporter.

What I find interesting in all the user reports of comparisons with multiple popular dacs is the conclusion there is no difference. I could understand 'no better' but would expect some 'flavor' differences. Perhaps the digital playing field gets more level every day?

Look forward to your future comparisons.

Struts,

Don't worry about having cloth ears since I'm beginning to believe that the modestly priced Touch is quite a bargain and very similar in that regard to the equally modestly priced Oppo blu-ray player. Hopefully Logitech will make an OEM version available to other manufacturers so that Lexicon can release a $3,000 "Power Touch". Then the high end community can safely enter into the world of streaming audio.

Touch in da house!

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Thank you Jazzfan.

This is the way I prefer to compare. All that switching back and forth is fatiguing and boring. I suspect you will do the same with the Transporter.

What I find interesting in all the user reports of comparisons with multiple popular dacs is the conclusion there is no difference. I could understand 'no better' but would expect some 'flavor' differences. Perhaps the digital playing field gets more level every day?

Look forward to your future comparisons.

I'm so impressed with the sound of Touch via the stereo in my computer room that I'm afraid to hook it up to my main stereo system where the Transporter is located. But don't worry the forecast calls for rain for the next few days which means that I won't be out riding my bicycle (I've ridden over 300 miles since Sunday) and the NJ Devils are out of the NHL playoffs so I will definitely have a chance to hook the Touch up to the big rig. Yes a head to head comparison with the mighty Transporter. Should be interesting, to say the least.

In any event the Touch is still very impressive and well worth the $300 price, which was the list price of the Squeezebox Classic, the unit that the Touch is replacing.

I'm reserving my comments until I get those two caps properly burned-in

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I'm so impressed with the sound of Touch via the stereo in my computer room that I'm afraid to hook it up to my main stereo system where the Transporter is located

Probably because you know it has no sound, just like the Transporter. Gets the hell out of the way. If it's this or that it's because it's on the recording. Perhaps a touch (pardon the pun) more recessed than the Porter. $300.00 bucks? Are you kiddin' me?

More later...