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In the Thread: Really Expensive DACs?
Post Subject: Back to Exagerated IrrelevancePosted by Paul S on: 11/6/2026
It seems like very expensive audio gear generally has a short life cycle, and few listeners get to spend much time with it. As far as I'm concerened, people can spend whatever they want on gear; and they don't need my permission, of course. But I have yet to hear any sort of coherent reasoning based on evolved listening that includes discussions of sound as it serves evolved listening to serious Music, ie., beyond sound effects. Here is another chance to say that I found SACD to be horrific, and I have gone on at length about it on these pages. IMO, SACD is a great example of something that is obviously different, and it obviously puts out "more details"; but for me the overall sound is ghoulish. I admit that SACD only made me more cynical about the prospects of digital, and I have never heard a streaming system that caused me to sit up, take notice and investigate further, let alone spend a fortune on getting to it. Is this because the DAC was holding back the potential of the digital format that was tapped? Anyway, here are some very expensive DACs. I suppose many (if not most) buyers are/will be using these DACs for some sort of streaming. Do our readers really have nothing to say about "evolved streaming"? What the hell are the benefits of these very expensive DACs?
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