2. misc-audio
  3. 192150-126

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. 

ricred1

Showing 1 response by wspohn

wspohn's avatar
wspohn
611 posts
 

90% of audio dealers are the equivalent of car salesmen - they will say anything they have to in order to induce you to buy something.

One local one I used to go to was always touting a particular brand that they represented, saying that nothing sounded quite as good.  When I went back there after a year or so, I found that they had lost that line and were selling different gear. They asked what I was using and then denigrated the same brand that they had been praising before they lost it. 

When I pointed that out to them, they started tripping over their own feet/tongues trying to dig themselves out of their pile of BS and I left, having told them that I wouldn't be coming in again.

Finding the 10% that are actually pleased when they find you what you need is hard, but worth it.

More to discover