SoftwireEngineer wrote: > Ralph - I agree with you on the appalling exotic cable vendors fleecing > the rich , gullible audiophiles (deservedly :-) ) . Especially, the > Audioquest Ethernet cables was the most silliest thing I have ever seen. > That said, I probably have taken a different path than you in this > hobby. I started out young and knowing EE, I thought digital cables are > digital and so used some cheap toslink, I also used a TV stand with > castors for my audio equipment. Even the salesman, who sold, NAD > integrated amps and PSB speakers, sold me some bulk speaker cables > because they were good enough for me, even though he was selling > high-priced wires otherwise. But I realized, changing to a electrical > digital cable, a good solid rack and wires like DHLabs t-14 did make a > change in the sound of my system. I tried different speakers. I tried > different amps. Currently loving my Newform Research and TACT amp. I > think this is the most transparent sound I have heard (though not > completely blowing away Silverline Sonatinas). Because of the various > changes I did to get this far . I keep wondering if I modded my > Squeezebox with better clocks or got a asynch USB converter, will the > sound improve. I know fully well from Archimago's graphs things are way > below 100db. But I am unable to get over this mental sickness :-)
It appears that you slowly discovering a few very important things about this crazy hobby of ours. 1) Sometimes small things can make a big difference. For example proper setup is very important and doesn't cost a lot of money. 2) Super cheap is almost always not very good. For example avoid poorly made cables. 3) Super expensive is almost always not necessary. For example $13,000 cables. 4) The law of diminishing returns can be reached very quickly. For example cheap USB cable -> well made USB cable -> audiophile USB cable 5) Don't go round and round chasing one's tail. For example the current pursuit of jitter reduction. Also understand that I don't object to anyone spending thier hard earned money however they please. What I do object to is when those individuals insist that their money has been well spent and refuse to acknowledge that there is a very good possibility that they have been had. Luckily so far you have not fallen into this trap but I have to admit that you're getting awfully close. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
