sfraser;181151 Wrote: > Well, after a few hours in my "audio only" system (SB3, Bryston BP25 > preamp, Bryston 3B Amp, and 20 yr old Energy 22 "Connie's", I can't > hear to much of a difference between the Benchmark DAC1 and the SB3 DAC Here's a quote from the Audio Critic that I think is pertinent:
"The loudspeaker will determine how your music system sounds. Not the amplifier, not the preamplifier, not the CD or DVD player, nothing but the loudspeaker. Speakers, even the finest, are far less accurate in terms of output compared to input than any of those other components. The speaker will be invariably the weakest link in the chain, the link that limits the quality of sound reproduction. I am always cynically amused when an audiophile brings home a shiny new amplifier in his hot little hands, breathlessly connects it to the dinky little box speakers anything larger than which his spouse wont allow, and turns on the music. The sound is exactly the same as it was before with his older, cheaper, less fancy amplifier, but of course he will not admit it. If he had spent his money on better loudspeakers instead, the improvement in sound would have been inarguable." See http://theaudiocritic.com/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=33&blogId=1 for the full article. -- Ron Olsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ron Olsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9233 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32740
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