Squeezebox touch sounds better than benchmark dac1

I would love to know your thoughts on the Transporter SE. I am currently letting one burn in for 100 hours. It has a couple more days....i will then run it into the Pass X-1 on input 1 and a PS Audio Dac III on input 2 and compare the Transport SE with the PS DAC. Just remember to Have fun!

I just got an original (used) Transporter which is identical design save for the front knob and compared to my friends Touch. There was no comparison, the Transporter won hands down when used as Source & DAC, likely due to the improved power supply over the Touch.

You can also get a newer firmware which allows you to change between a sharp and slow roll off. Some say the slow roll off has a more natural sound at the expense of the top most "air". I haven't had enough time yet with the piece to A/B the two modes but I ran the Touch comparison in slow roll off mode.

I haven't had much comparison to any standalone DAC's but I'm curious to try mating it with a Burson DA-160.

Thanks everyone. I've just ordered today so it will take several days for me to try it. Will update my findings.

Just got my Touch two days ago and I was amazed at the improvement in sound over the Squeezebox 3. I'm going to run it tonight through my Wyred4Sound DAC and listen for any difference.

While the sound is far superior to the SB3, I'm a bit disappointed in the user interface.

What's the point of touch screen when it's across the room? Also, the text is too small to read from across the room, the brightness control is not easy to use, I can't tell when I use the remote if it powers on or not, I can't access artists alphabetically in Rhapsody by pressing a letter on the remote, the buttons on the remote are too small compared to the SB3 remote, and other issues I can't remember right now.

Anyone else have these or other problems? Or am I just missing something? (OK, I may be missing something, but I mean with regard to the Touch!)

I use the Touch from about 12 feet away and can still see it well, but if you get a long way away, you would have trouble.

I'm questioning whether you will hear much of a difference between the Touch analog out and the W4S dac added in - maybe a little different. Let us know how it turns out.