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
Perhaps they don't sell off their expensive equipment because in so doing they would have nothing to gain and plenty to lose. For example, the average price for used audio equipment (that does not have a MacIntosh nameplate) is somewhere between 40% to 70% of the original retail price. 40% would be for much older or less "well reviewed" equipment and 70% would be for newer or very "well reviewed" equipment. Add to this less than optimal return on investment the cost of replacing the sold equipment with less expensive new (or used) equipment, which is hopefully the sonic equal of the old equipment, and selling the equipment makes little financial sense. Sure one could turn a profit by replacing some very expensive equipment since the selling price of the used equipment might be much higher than the retail price of the replacement equipment but add in the hassle of that buying and selling and what's the point. I find that I am now much less of kool-aid drinking audiophile but that in no way invalidates how nice my system sounds, a system which includes some very expensive cables and wires which I now know really aren't worth the money. But replacing these cables isn't going to make my system sound "better" so again, why bother? As for amps, DACs, speakers, etc. I don't know what the correct answer would be since it would be more a matter of just how much money can be gained by swapping out the equipment and whether the extra money is worth the hassle. However my attitude going forward has always been to keep the more expensive stuff but to look for less expensive, more bang for the buck equipment whenever I need to buy some new equipment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95757 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
