I read in the review that Mr. Rubinson tried the Touch with a firmware mod that changed the USB input to an output, which he fed into another device.

Why is this any more interesting that any other digital output? The Touch has RCA and optical already.

How can USB be used in ways that the other digital outputs cannot?

http://www.recordproduction.com/tony-faulkner.htm

Hi

Its time for more CSO concerts starting with the Glagolitic Mass in a few weeks.

My question is regarding the posts i was doing, is anyone interested in reading concert reports or is it just self indulgence on my part ?

I can see that virtually nobody seems to post or read in teh classical section, is this because nobody is left or that no interesting posts come up ?

Alan

http://gearcrave.com/2009-06-30/vacuum-tube-chess-set-makes-tesla-proud/#more-15198

This is what I have...A PrimaLuna Dialog II,a Rotel CD player as transport, and a Benchmark DAC1...

A nearly 65 seat loss in the election and Nancy Pelosi climbs out of the wreckage and says, "I blame the defective brakes, steering, and handling of this vehicle, as well as the defective construction of the roadway. This wreck is not of my own doing and I demand to be put behind the wheel of the minority party bus."

Good for you red party guys!

Very good!!
I especially like the part about readers who praise negative reviews. Uggg!! Oh wait. Stereophile reviewers must be on the take!!

Kudos to John Marks for his recent editorials -- one on the importance of data density and a second raising concerns about spectator sports.

I took John's advice and constructed my own demonstration disk using PCM 24/96 downloads from ITRAX and compressed mp3 downloads from ITRAX and from ITUNES. I selected tracks that I already own on an original, hard copy DVD-Audio disk.

So I was able to compare: