Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another Nail in the Golden Eared Audiophile Coffin..

2012-07-14 Thread Archimago
SBGK wrote: I would be more persuaded by this torchured logic if the main proponents immediately saw the error of their ways and sold off their multi thousand $ dacs etc xx Personally I know of 3 audiophile friends give up on expensive cables and convert everything over to excellent

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another Nail in the Golden Eared Audiophile Coffin..

2012-07-14 Thread RonM
Archimago wrote: Personally I know of 3 audiophile friends give up on expensive cables and convert everything over to excellent Mogami or Belden cables over the last couple years (we're talking Nordost and Synergistics) after doing tests for themselves. As for DAC's, I've done A-B

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Another Nail in the Golden Eared Audiophile Coffin..

2012-07-14 Thread Archimago
RonM wrote: So the question is why you or anyone else needs anything other than the SB device DAC (aside from the headphone amp). I suspect the Touch, and certainly the TP, is superior to the $200 China-made DAC. R. For me, I have a DAC/headphone amp because the MacBook Pro's audio out