Well mr moneybags, 2500 dollars to listen to a ten dollar cd is cost
prohibitive to a lot of people.

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:30 PM, Eric S. Sande <esa...@erols.com> wrote:

> A lot people of any generation, the cost is prohibitive.
>>
>
> Beg to differ.  One of the fastest growing and most innovative areas
> of hi-fi is in headphone systems.  The youngsters all ready use Ipods
> and Zunes, they all ready have computers.
>
> They may not have the scratch for a full blown rig, but you can get
> audiophile quality for not too much more than a Mac Mini, a decent
> DAC/headphone amp, and some relatively cheap interconnects.
>
> Absolutely kills any Ipod or Zune on the planet for under US$2500
> or less.
>
> Do it with a last generation PC for even less.
>
> Mac Mini (new)          US$600.00
> Benchmark DAC1      US$1000.00
> Sennheiser HD600s    US$300.00
> Optical interconnect    US$20.00
> Itunes                         Free
> Monitor, keyboard      US$200.00
>
> Of course you're on you're own as far as the tunes are concerned.
>
> But that is highly respectable hardware that will support later
> expansion, that is the way I went, except that my music server is
> a PC.
>
> You can get less expensive than that but only if you are willimg
> to trade off the control flexibility and balanced outputs of the
> DAC mentioned.
>
>
>
>
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