Archimago wrote: > Personally I know of 3 audiophile friends give up on expensive cables > and convert everything over to excellent Mogami or Belden cables over > the last couple years (we're talking Nordost and Synergistics) after > doing tests for themselves. > > As for DAC's, I've done A-B shootouts between China-made $200 DAC's with > those costing thousands with friends (easy to do) and have never heard a > significant difference. Each time, the folks owing the expensive stuff > saying something to the effect of "I could live with that!" > > I believe the majority of audiophiles are economically well-to-do folks > willing to spend thousands of $$$'s on the hobby (nothing wrong with > that IMO). However, IMO most of it is just pride of ownership rather > than the idea that many of us have ever conducted controlled trials of > the stuff. Naturally, it does seem odd to own $20+K speakers and then > show your buddy the $200 DAC. It seems unintuitive just like how > sampling theory may seem unintuitive as well (in reference to another > thread). However, that is exactly what my experience has been... As I > type this, I'm totally happy driving my Sennheiser HD800 with the above > $200 DAC/headphone amp combo and "know" based on experience that I'm not > missing anything of significance.
So the question is why you or anyone else needs anything other than the SB device DAC (aside from the headphone amp). I suspect the Touch, and certainly the TP, is superior to the $200 China-made DAC. R. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RonM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95757 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
