Enough is Enough


I've been looking at changing my DAC. I was considering Lampizator, Playback Designs, and Ideon. Recently a dealer basically told me(with the exception of my subwoofer and music server) my system sucks. He went on to say, I should sell my amps, preamp, DAC, speakers, and start all over! I've owned several different speakers, amplifiers, and DACs. I've attended shows and several different dealers show rooms. In fact, I directly compared one of the amplifiers the dealer recommended to a Rowland 625 S2 amplifier and preferred the 625 S2. I didn't build my system in a vacuum. I determined what I wanted to spend, listened and purchase what I preferred. I've been in sales and submit it would have been better to recommend a DAC that would improve my system. So now I say, maybe enough is enough; because no matter what I have some dealer will tell me it's crap and I have to start over. 

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Showing 1 response by mitch2

As stated by @rbstehno 

I will never ask a dealer for their recommendation because I know what they will say. You need to trust your own ears and audition a component in your system in your room.

Simply that.  If you must visit a dealer, look, listen, and then arrange an audition in your system.  Some dealers are knowledgeable and may share interesting observations but, at the end of the day, your opinion is the only one that counts.