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Seeing how confused you are with options, my suggestion is to start cheap, and focus on the user interface and acceptable sound quality.
I remember a friend of mine spend a year looking at Harley's and customizing them in his head. I kept telling him to get any motorcycle and put a few thousand miles on it before investing that much. That his tastes in riding would completely change. He did not listen, and in the end got married and couldn't buy a bike.
If your pleasure in discerning different DACs or in listening to music? Your choice here determines how you train your ear/brain to listen. Too often we train our ear/brain to listen to electronics and their quality and not so much how we are enjoying the music.
Start simple. Make sure you have easy access to radio and streaming services. Your tastes in listening may change radically once you jump in.
Best,
E
Seeing how confused you are with options, my suggestion is to start cheap, and focus on the user interface and acceptable sound quality.
I remember a friend of mine spend a year looking at Harley's and customizing them in his head. I kept telling him to get any motorcycle and put a few thousand miles on it before investing that much. That his tastes in riding would completely change. He did not listen, and in the end got married and couldn't buy a bike.
If your pleasure in discerning different DACs or in listening to music? Your choice here determines how you train your ear/brain to listen. Too often we train our ear/brain to listen to electronics and their quality and not so much how we are enjoying the music.
Start simple. Make sure you have easy access to radio and streaming services. Your tastes in listening may change radically once you jump in.
Best,
E