i agree. People that claim to hear differences own one brand over the other so they are somewhat prejudice when they listen.
emm labs dac2se vs puccini
For those who want to know I just a/b'd the dac2se with using the usb computer out vs the dcs puccini on red book cd's. Not one iota of difference to be heard. I even had people in the room who were interested in the comparison and not one of them heard a difference. Great soundstage on both. Although I did not have the tsd1 to play SACD's I listened to the puccini on SACD's and it did sound amazing!!!