I have dealt with the Trolls when stating my viewpoints on dacs like DCS my brother owns ,or when I bought the Denafrips Terminator2 much better then what most of what they had the majority are newbies, or under 30 years old club
beginners in my book . Myself having owned a audio store and having many
toys to play with was a treat ,and over 40 years in Audio I can say I have experienced what many cannot especially sad having so many Great vacuum tubes to try in the 70s- 80s for reasonable monies now many are so rare they are 10x the price .i wished I stocked up ,there was so many tubes left over after ww2
and experiencing CDs from the start since the80s it has evolved where when setup it can = or surpass the turntable ,which I used as my main music sourse,
and cassette decks like theNakamichi Dragon was sate of the are 3 head decks
they sounded verygood , as was reel to reel ,the golden age of Audio .
in audio on Average when you make a purchase unless spending $$ a lot of moneys you donot ever get the best quality parts, 25%for example a $10kLoudspeaker only $2500 goes into the complete build including packaging
the rest R&D overhead and markup,sad but true .i have been modding or upgrading Everything I rebuild my own Loudspeaker Xovers , and have assistance with Electronics which greatly improve the sound ,in mfg terms for every $100 they charge x4 . Unless you are small and have low overhead costs.