325xi;145599 Wrote: > Because any such comparison is highly subjective.
But isn't that the point? I think it's a valid question. If a listening test based around a high-resolution system found little or no difference between, say, a modded SB3 and a full dcS setup, then the value of the dcS must be questioned. If, however, it did, but there was no audible difference based on a mid-range system, then that would again be a useful result: the SB3 might be good enough for all but the very best amp-speaker setups. I think that this point is missed in many reviews. In general, reviewers either try everything in their reference system, and then are disparaging of mid-price kit as it isn't quite as good as $10k+ kit, or they try it in 'matching'-priced systems, and then you can't judge what kit genuinely punches above its weight. The difference between digital sources is not as clear as the difference between a sports car and a family estate. There is little or no functionality difference - it play music, that's all (subject to CD vs network, I suppose) - so your Ferrari/Toyota analogy is a bit disingenuous. The sound is what matters for both products. -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 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
