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. > > > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
