Logitech Squeezebox sound compared to CD Player

I'll second Mapman's comment. The SB3/Classic and Duet models were fairly good mid-fi in terms of sound quality. They improved substantially with the use of an external DAC.

The Touch is significantly better by itself. I know some still prefer an external DAC, but as noted, I ran a side-by-side, synced and level-matched comparison between the Touch and a Lavry DAC for several weeks. I routinely found myself unable to tell which was playing unless I checked the position of the input selector on the amp.

Now, that may be due to my pedestrian system, aging ears or utter lack of audiophile sophistication, but I'm enjoying my music.

With a relatively low up-front cost and the money-back guarantee, it strikes me as a pretty easy decision to find out for one's self.

The SBT hits way above its weight class when used with a high end outboard DAC. For something that costs less than the tax on some people's interconnects, its well worth trying it out. I'm using it with a nice quality DAC and I'm continually impressed by it.

I own both the Denon universal player that you own and the SBT.
The Denon is better and of course you cannot play sacd or DVD-a on the SBT. The SBT is still a great value but it does sound just slightly veiled when used with the same Dac that I use with the 2930 for reb book cd.

I'm not familiar with your Denon player, but I have a Rotel RCD1072, used to retail at $800 and was talked highly for its price, and a Touch. I use the analog outs of both into my Lamm LL2 pre and Mc MC275 amp, and B&W 804S speakers. Certainly not a super-system, but decent for many people.

When playing a ripped CD using dBpoweramp and lossless settings vs playing the same cd on the Rotel, I cannot hear any difference. Then of course I can play 24/96 material on the Touch which sounds great, but cannot compare to the Rotel. Suffice to say since purchasing the Touch this January I have not been using the Rotel and likely to sell it.

Next step is the outboard DAC, as noted here before. Note that besides the mods mentioned, there is a free set of mods you can do (settings, software) supplied by member Soundcheck. Haven't tried them, but people report significant improvements.

Go for it!!
:-)