dlite;145598 Wrote: > Why???? to compare the value for money? There are many products out > there that are very expensive with no better design or parts than low > to mid range products. Many products live on reputations gained many > years ago and they do not live up to that reputation. > > Granted you are not comparing apples with apples, but a plate of hot > chips can often be enjoyed as much if not more than a Lobster/seafood > platter.
Because any such comparison is highly subjective. Some sound may appeal to your taste but not to be really better. So we want to keep as much as possible potentially influencing factors out of the picture. If you compare Toyota to Ferrari and prefer Toyota because of more comfortable raid, will it make Toyota really superior car overall? What it really does is confuses those who aren't well familiar with both to understand the "basic assumptions" such as "everybody knows what each car is, but all I care is to go shopping, so..." -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp >> simaudio moon i-5 >> revel performa m20 via acoustic zen matrix reference ii and acoustic zen satori -planned additions: sb3 >> deq2496 >> lavry da-10 >> ... or will it be transporter?- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28369 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles