pandasharka;687286 Wrote: > OK so we're saying that a high end streamer from the likes of Linn will > not give significant sound benefit compared to SBT+ decent DAC? > > I'm relatively new into the digital space. I did spend a lot in the old > days on Linn with a high end Sondek front ended system (long gone). > > In those days the thinking was spend on the front end to minimise > GIGO. > > We're saying that in the digital era that thinking may almost be > reversed? > > Wow, in that case there must be a lot of people out there who have > spent thousands more on their eg. Linn Klimax DS streamers than was > necessary. > > Very interesting - thank you. This point has been mentioned but my repeat it. My DAC has three coax inputs (I use one), an optical (I use) and a USB (I use). It makes sense to put my money into the business end - the high quality audio bit - and not much into the cheap and reliable inputs (plural) into the process - shifting bits.
Any line level component forms a very mundane and simple part of the audio chain. All the interesting and difficult bits are at either end - recording acoustics, microphones, loudspeakers and playback acoustics. I don't think there's any sane justification for spending more than a few thousand credits on a DAC which makes some Linn players , dCS etc "insane" in my book. Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB Touch ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93317 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
