Logitech Squeezebox Touch (TAS 206)

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October 6th, 2010 -- by Steven Stone
Source: The Absolute Sound

Manufacturer Information
LOGITECH
6505 Kaiser Dr.
Fremont, CA 94555 USA
(510) 795-8500
logitech.com

 

ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT

Room 1 System
CEC TL-2 CD transport, Oppo BDP-83SE Blu Ray Player, Apple TV, Sonos Z90, VPI HW-17, ClearAudio/Souther TriQuartz arm, Denon/VanDenHul cartridge, Michael Yee Pfe-1 phono preamp, Lexicon MC-12B HD pre/pro, Monster HTPS 7000, PS Audio Quintet AC Conditioner, Genesis 6.1 surround speaker system, two Genesis S2/12 subwoofers, one Genesis 4/8 subwoofer, two JL Labs Fathom F112 subwoofers, Synergistic Research Designer’s Reference interconnects and speaker cables, Cardas Clear interconnect

Room 2 System
Oppo BDP-83 Blu Ray Player, Logitech Slim Systems Squeezebox Duet music server, Meridian 598 CD/DVD player, VPI TNT-IV turntable, Graham 1.2 tonearm, ClearAudio Victory H cartridge, Vendetta SCP-1B phono preamp, Meridian 568.2 Pre/pro, Meridian 518 Digital processor, Ps Audio Premier AC power regenerator, Chang Lightspeed CLS 9900 AC conditioner, Dunlavy Signature VI main speakers, Dunlavy Signature IV center speaker, Dunlavy Signature IAV rear speakers, two Genesis G-928 subwoofers, two Earthquake Supernova 12 Mk VI subwoofers, Three Snell 550 passive subwoofers, three Bryston BP-120 powerpack amplifiers, Audio Magic and Synergistic Research interconnects, Audio Magic Sorcerer and Synergistic Research Alpha Quad X-series speaker cables, Cardas Clear bi-wire speaker cables

Comments

firedog -- Sat, 10/09/2010 - 02:55

Upgraded from a Duet to the Touch over the summer in order to get native playback of my hi-res files.
Very pleased. The Touch is an inexpensive way to enter the high/end and hi-res world of digital audio. I think to seriously outperform it you need to get to the $1500 range of DACs, and then add on a front end like a Laptop. So the Touch is a true bargain, especially if you already have a PC or NAS functioning as a music server.

I use the Touch within "touching distance" of my listening position and find its UI convenient. However, I agree that the screen is too small for use as a control device from more than about 7 feet away. In a setup like that the user would need a Duet Controller, iPod Touch/iPhone, iPad, or Laptop to efficiently work with the Touch.

firedog -- Mon, 10/11/2010 - 03:37

Steven-

I don't think you can expect FLAC to play on a MAC at all, unless you make specific software additions designed to enable MACs to playback Flac.

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