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Logitech Touch vs Apple TV

There's a lot of talk about the demise of the Logitech Touch. I haven't heard much on Apple TV on this discussion board. Certainly it's a very attractive alternative for the many that have multiple Apple products in their homes and use iTunes. I'm interested in your thoughts on the pros and cons of Apple TV.
bob99or
vhiner
544 posts
 
Steve,

Can you explain what is involved in reclocking apple tv? Also, have you ever compared the performance of the latest Sonos P-90's coaxial digital out with the Touch's digital out into a decent DAC? I've been told the Sonos digital output is quite good. I love the Touch, but I wanna find a reasonably priced alternative to feed streaming sources to my DAC.
audioengr
3,282 posts
 
"Can you explain what is involved in reclocking apple tv?"

Sure. Just add a second coax or toslink cable and connect it from the ATV to a reclocker, such as the Synchro-Mesh. Then your good coax or toslink cable goes from the reclocker to your DAC. Simple. See:

http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/empirical4/1.html

I dont know anything about the Sony.

Steve N.
Empirical Audio
mateored
258 posts
 
I've not done the comparison myself, but others on the forum say the newer/streaming ATV sounds better than the original one.
don_c55
1,025 posts
 
The audio on ATV3 is very good on Netflix films!

iTunes music library audio is acceptable and very versatile.

I am using a Sony HDTV through Audio Research SP-14 and Son of Ampzilla 2000 into Magnepan IIIa's.

The ATV3 for $99 is a no brainer!
vhiner
544 posts
 
Thanks for the explanation on reclocking, Steve.
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