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In the Thread: Really Expensive DACs?
Post Subject: A Basis for Comparison?Posted by Paul S on: 12/11/2015
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xandcg, while I accept the idea that one unit might be better than another one, or might be a better value, etc., what we seem to be lacking is any reasonable basis for comparison. It is not enough that they use tubes or high sampling rates, or boutique parts, and on and on. First they have to have program material worth listening to, and then they have to have some kind of idea what they are listening to. And then they have to figure out how to facilitate the listening with the gear. In fact, put those three things in any sequence you like, as long as they are all there. No matter the format, there have always been technical problems with recording and playback that made "reproduction" a systematic crap shoot. Adding the "Industry" only makes it more difficult. Now, with "digital", we seem to have entered pretty much of a chaotic state, where no one cares or even remembers what we were once doing with evolved hi-fi. I am not being nostalgic when I say, it used to be easier. Again, my idea for this thread was to try to get a response from someone who has found a way to make Music from at least some of the vast "digital library" that is "out there", and from there try to assess the level of demands that are "being met" by the gear under consideration. At this point, based on my own - admittedly limited - experience with digital, I can't "see the need" for expensive DACs, and this thread reflects my wish to update my knowledge on this subject.
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