ralphpnj wrote: > While it is quite true that is plenty of high end audio equipment that > is well designed by brilliant individuals trying to advance the state of > the art, it is also true that is plenty of high end audio equipment that > is just pure, over priced junk "designed" by quacks and individuals only > looking to make a buck.
Wouldn't you have to admit that you aren't qualified to discern these so called quacks from the real deal? For example, the best digital front end that you've spent considerable time with in your own system is a stock Transporter. Though it is inconvenient to accept, you could do better with any number of barely hi-end DACs on the market today. And without question, your mind would be blown by how amazing actual hi-end digital will sound. PS Audio's DirectStream is one of the hot FPGA DACs today. You can write it off already though. Right? No need to borrow one for a few weeks. Reviewers are misrepresenting it. Customers are subject to being fooled by their own imaginations. So the end game here is that ONLY the hardest core skeptics own the facts. Jeez, I sincerely don't get it. What is being won or otherwise proven here? Is the Transporter the end of the line? No CD player or DAC could ever be significantly better in all aspects of sound quality? Cary Audio 306 SACD Pro | Cary Audio SLP-05 | Cary Audio SA-200.2 | Focal Diablo Utopia III __Acoustic treatment: DIY Cylinder Bass traps | "Rule of Thirds" for speaker & sweet spot position __Speaker Cables: Analysis Plus Big Silver Oval | Shunyata Venom series power cords and power conditioning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jh901's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18175 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102330 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
