opaqueice Wrote: > Just FYI, there's a school of thought on this which says money spent on > a DAC is essentially a waste. The reasoning is that all reasonably > modern DACs sound more or less the same - witness the fact that the DAC > chips themselves are extremely inexpensive, which is an indication that > the technology is mature. On the other hand amplifiers and (to a much > greater extent) speakers vary considerably. Finally, in my experience > room correction has a far, far bigger effect on sound then changing the > DAC. >
FWIW, there's also a school of thought that says most amps (of the same type) sound the same too. YMMV... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26598 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
