DAC 'Scam' Vid

Those who claimed that there is no differences between dac are deluded...

But those who claimed there is a big difference between dac are deluded too ...

( i spoke of dac with relatively the same bracket of price, a 100 $  dac dont compare with a few thousand dollars one in a high end system )

 Why ?

 Because it is the threefold well optimized  installation of the system/room in his three working dimensions : mechanical,electrical and especially acoustical that makes possible an audible evaluation of dac or of any piece of gear...

 Then this debate as the one between "objectivist" and "subjectivist" is grounded in a different  complementary ignorance by the two opposite camps...

 It is remarkable that i am almost the only one stating this evident fact...

To perceive a difference in dac or not  on the same price level or not, the room/system/ ears/brain history and parameters are fundamental...

Period.

Fortunately for snake oil salesmen and women people want to believe they can hear better than bats.

Your post illustrate  well what is a sophism:

(---Some sellers of snake oil claim that their dac makes an extraordinary difference...

---This fact was proven by blind test which debunk them,and placebo effect is always only a delusion,

---Then all those perceiving an audible differences between dac are snake oil peddlers...)

 Did you catch the hole in your thought or is it necessary that i spell it for you ?

If i gave my resume of audio  sound quality:

--- All pieces of gear by budget limit virtue must be on the same level of quality scale, speakers,dac,amplifier, pre, turntable etc

--- A dac installation cannot replace acouastics control at any price, but the best acoustics control at any price cannot replace a dac either

--- but it is way easier to buy a relatively good dac than to create acoustics balanced controls of a system/room...

--- Those who do not perceive difference between dac must forget acoustics, their hearing  will not be as resolving  as necessary to install mechanical acoustic control of the system /room...

--- Then you must pay an acoustician or live with the illusion that gear upgrade solve all problem... Sorry for you ...

The most important factor for buying a dac is buying one which price will be commensurate with the others gear pieces value...

If not, evaluating a few thousand  bucks dac in a low cost system as mine makes no sense...

There is good dac at all price level... Thanks to an improving technology...

And evaluating costlier dac in a living room or in a showroom means nothing...

Acoustics control must exist for any evaluation...

And  if the design of a dac and  not only his chip matter,  the way we install it in our own system matter as much...

Many hate when i spoke of the importance of acoustics over any dac  or gear upgrade at any price...

There must be a kernel of truth in your post....

Mostly these kinds of threads tell me more about what wealthy hobbyists think about their money than what they think about equipment.

I can hear differences between all the dac i bought... just a few...

But i was able to tune my room by hear adjusting like a piano tuner 100 resonators with time...

Once this is said...

 The difference between dac pale compared to differences between acoustically  uncontrolled and controlled  room ...

And i must add that in many "living room "  the differences between dac will be not audible by most ...