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Thanks for taking the time out to and explain this it makes perfect sense now. Its a great explanation, although I don't come here often I know this is the place to get the 'real deal' not a 137 pages of dross.
Thank you and the others for help me to understand this subject.SmileSmile
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I guess the next question is whats considered to be the best source out there?
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Squeezebox Touch Smile
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Agree with Chris. I've improved the DAC, the digital cables, the PSU, and the music server. The Touch just gets better showing its quality as a source. It's also fun to use!
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Thanks again, I've looked the squeezebox up and its a server which takes music from either a memory stick or a laptop on the wireless  system? I've not tried this but can I have my laptop on imusic? if yes then I can use the squeeze box to access imusic or is it a play only stored music deal?
Fatman golf I assume you've improved the dac by using an external dac like a majestic?

I guess I'm asking how you have it hooked up?
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Squeezebox devices use their own proprietary software & can be linked to your music storage on various devices in the home as you mention, including your iTunes library. The software does have a wide range of plugins including internet radio but because iMusic is a separate music player/interface in its own right, I am not aware of a way to access internet streamed iMusic via the Touch.
 
You could connect both a Touch & the laptop to the Majestic, the former giving the highest quality downloaded playback (depending on source file quality) & the latter to access iMusic.
 
An alternative which may be more appropriate for you is to use the Bitzie external DAC with your laptop + iPad & iPhone (via the lightning camera connector). This will result in all three devices performing well above their native state including with iMusic.
 
I'm overseas at the moment & am using an iPhone/IPad mini/headphones via the Bitzie and the quality never ceases to amaze me. At home I use the Touch into a Majestic but if I connect the Bitzie into my main system, sound quality is very close.
 
Answering your question about hookup - in  my case, it's a Synology server via wireless network, 2 x 3TB drives. FLAC files, Touch => Majestic via digital Lautus coax.
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