Can pandora be improved?

I get the same results I've noticed when I use the iPhone with the Sync cable via USB into my car head unit vs. the Android phone using the mini audio input into the same head unit as a non-subscriber member. But this is Apples and Oranges compared to your V-Link setup.

I used to subscribe to Pandora premium but canceled since they never supported 192k for Squeezebox devices. I loved the Pandora Genome technology but the low bitrate was not worth it. I now use Spotify but only for the higher bitrate. Would go for Pandora in a heartbeat if they stepped up in sound quality. With that being said, I recently bought a Logitech Transporter. Pandora sounds MUCH better on the Transporter than the Touch even though it's the same 128k bitrate. Although Spotify is still much better SQ-wise, I would be happy with the SQ of Pandora played through the Transporter.

In my earlier response, I left out some vital info. I was saying that Pandora sounds much better on the Transporter than the Touch. You're probably thinking duh of course since the Transporter is has a much better DAC at alot more money than the Touch; it's supposed to! I forgot to mention that Pandora through the Transporter sounds much better than through the Touch + Bryston BDA-1 DAC. I think that's a better apples to apples comparison now.

I have a Grant Fidelity Dac-11 coming next week, I can't wait to hear what Pandora or Spotify will sound like on this. By the way, check out shoutcast.com if not already, they have lots of free streams at 192k, 256k and used to have a few at 320k, but I'm not seeing those right now.