sahmen
Headphoneus Supremus
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The CD Transport and Freya Ideas are of course fine. However, while waiting to get them, have you considered using a different power supply unit on your Squeezebox Touch? I replaced the stock SMPS of the Touch with this Sbooster model, and let me just say that I gained a whole new respect for the Squeezebox Touch (which I was no longer even using in my system, and was on the point of selling off or giving away), as I did for Linear Power Supplies, and Touch itself gained a new lease on life on my office desktop nearfield 2.1 stereo rig, as a nice performing Roon endpoint :Hi 'Finisher'
That's good enough for me! I'm sold on CDs!
I now need to buy a good CD transport and a preamp....
It's timely, as my Logitech Transporter is playing up. It's 10 years old and I think an internal PSU is failing. I'll replace it, but if that doesn't work it's finished, which will be sad.
Couldn't get it to work at all last night, so had to use a back up Logitech Squeezebox Touch, with coax out to Yggy A2.
It sounded pretty poor compared with Transporter BNC into Yggy,, so the 'bits is bits' argument doesn't stand up very well, based on my listening experience!. The Transporter's digital output is obviously far better than the Touch. Even Yggys 'adapticlock' can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
I can get CDs for under £5 in UK. I buy a lot second hand.
I'll be buying a lot more once I get the CD Transport....
I'll probably get a Freya, as I haven't seen another preamp to match it anywhere near the price.
Back to the future
https://www.sbooster.com/botw-pp-eco-5v-6v/squeezebox-touch
Oh, and it's okay to buy used too, if you can find a good one on the used market. Just a thought.