cliveb wrote: > When I mentioned "boutique" gear I was primarily thinking of > electronics. There are some weird and wonderful DACs and amplifiers out > there that cost a fortune and perform no better than mainstream stuff at > 1/10th the price.
Maybe - but by the sound of your previous post: cliveb wrote: > pretty much all competently designed solid state electronics these days > has capabilities You've already made your mind up. I tend to disagree. Sure, changing amplifiers will not yield the same "in-your-face" difference a speaker might, but I challenge anyone to find a "cheap-amplified" system that sounds anywhere near what a competently designed systems sounds like (speakers being the same). If you have a pair of B&W 802D up front, and are driving them with a little Schiit integrated and DAC, you're not going to have the same sounding system as someone who has them with a Ypsilon SET100 or Technical Brain TBP-Zero. > I've only heard the Apogee and ESL57. Both sounded great in their own > way). The Quads are cool - they are about the best speakers I've heard (in one or two ways); and lacking in many others. But a very interesting "second-system" speaker. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ amey01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11274 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113335 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
