Mains Cables R Us linear PSU for SB-Touch: A+

[Russell Turner]

I am using the "stock" EDO settings here, I do seem to get slight harshness in playback, but I am coming to the conclusion it is my listening environment that is causing this...

I have my hifi in the conservatory which is rectangular the long side being approximately five meters or so and short length three and a half, I have a three seater settee in there and the speakers are firing at angles inwardly on the short length form each corner roughly.

Understandably there are a lot of reflective surfaces going on here and I know this is what is causing minor harshness in upper mids to my system, there's not a lot I can do about this as the wife is not going to allow me to start hanging carpets etc, etc in there to tame it all, and there us no other room I could get the system into...

(its a nightmare in there when it is raining as you could guess)

[MartinT]

Which version EDO are you using, Russell? My v5 doesn't appear to have any settings but I hear variable opinions on v7.

[Russell Turner]

I am on EDO version 7, I know there ways of prising version 5 onto the Touch, but I honestly don't think this is an area that needs exploration, as I can't see that helping due to the environment the system is in.

I am open to trying it and I may do when I can motivate myself to

[Stratmangler]

I'm still running EDO v5. Has anyone noticed any positive or negative improvement with EDO v7?

I'm still trying to get my head around the concept of a negative improvement

To be honest Martin, I didn't notice any audible difference going from EDOv5 to EDOv7.
EDOv7 just gives you a number of changeable options (buffer sizes and what have you) that EDOv5 didn't give you.

[MartinT]

Good to know, Russell & Chris. Am I fairly safe upgrading to v7 then? I read elsewhere that 'small buffers' is the best setting. Have either of you tried playing with these settings?

I wouldn't want any 'negative improvements'

[electric beach]

I want V4 back, it was all about the tone, man

[Stratmangler]

Good to know, Russell & Chris. Am I fairly safe upgrading to v7 then? I read elsewhere that 'small buffers' is the best setting. Have either of you tried playing with these settings?

I wouldn't want any 'negative improvements'

I've just left everything on default.
Most of the settings are to do with USB anyway.

[MCRU]

What internal mods I have is a mystery!

[MartinT]

The one I'd strongly recommend, Dave, is the EDO (Enhanced Digital Output) add-in. If you're streaming out to a DAC (and anyone properly using a Touch should be running an external DAC), then it's a way of dramatically improving sound quality.

[MCRU]

The one I'd strongly recommend, Dave, is the EDO (Enhanced Digital Output) add-in. If you're streaming out to a DAC (and anyone properly using a Touch should be running an external DAC), then it's a way of dramatically improving sound quality.

I send my Touch away for any mods that need doing, I have the country's foremost Touch Tweaker at my disposal. Top bloke he is.