Squeezebox Touch with Boulder Cable Mod

[dhallag]

So this is for sale on ebay and I wanted to ask you experts if you
thought this is worth the price? I talked to the store manager the
other day...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-Digital-Media-Streamer-with-Audiophile-Modifications-/141090658634?pt=US_Internet_Media_Streamers&hash=item20d9a8994a

thanks for your opinions.

I would pair this with a joleda III tube dac and a vintage Marantz 2270
with boston acoustics VR920's speakers


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[Recoveryone]

that has been posted for sale since last fall, you can buy each part
cheaper seperately. The power unit goes for $150 from other retailers,
but if want to give him $900 and change be my guest.



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[Julf]

Post by dhallag
So this is for sale on ebay and I wanted to ask you experts if you
thought this is worth the price? I talked to the store manager the
other day...

Do they provide any sort of evidence that the modifications actually
improve the sound?



"To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this
fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
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[dhallag]

Post by Julf
Do they provide any sort of evidence that the modifications actually
improve the sound?

isn't that in the ear of the beholder?


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[Julf]

Post by dhallag
isn't that in the ear of the beholder?

It is hard to listen to the product through ebay.



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fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt
edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953
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[dhallag]

Post by Julf
It is hard to listen to the product through ebay.

yes it is.... when I asked that question, I got a long answer about
power and better spdif out.


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[SlimChances]

pretty blue cable though



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[Mnyb]

Given that your going to use the digital out to the equipment you
describe .

There is no more reasonably priced squeezebox on eBay ? Do you already
have a squeezebox ?

I know their going scarce and some used units is going for rather
obnoxious prices .

Check with the DIY crowd for a more fun solution , there are a lot of
alternative players going on on this forum .



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[Julf]

Post by dhallag
yes it is.... when I asked that question, I got a long answer about
power and better spdif out.

That sounds a bit like "it is better because it is better" :)



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[Archimago]

I have heard the power supply (or at least a similar Boulder supply)
paired with a SB3 a number of years back before a friend sold it off.

I could never tell a difference but of course the SB3's analogue out is
not as good as the Touch.

As a digital source, it would not make sense to me how this could impact
quality of the digital stream out of the Touch.



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[dhallag]

Post by Archimago
I have heard the power supply (or at least a similar Boulder supply)
paired with a SB3 a number of years back before a friend sold it off.
I could never tell a difference but of course the SB3's analogue out is
not as good as the Touch.
As a digital source, it would not make sense to me how this could impact
quality of the digital stream out of the Touch.

That's a really good point because it's the DAC that's doing the analog
conversion....


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