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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
ricred1 OP
2,041 posts
 

moonwatcher,

I don't know everything, but I don't expect or need a dealer to tell me my system is fine. I'm simply asking a dealer to recommend a replacement for my Chord Dave DAC. 

sls883
385 posts
 

When you find a new dac, be sure to call that dealer and let him know what you bought.  :) 

mike_in_nc
1,153 posts
 

It's funny, I've lived in about 6 or 8 US cities and have done business with dealers in each place, and I never had one use such tactics on me.

deep_333
1,444 posts
 

Your dealer is probably a moron, and probably desperate to hit your wallet after throwing you in a rabbit hole.

It looks like you have some good gear. Why do you even need a new dac? What’s wrong with your dac? Looks to me like you don’t need a new dac.

The only issue seems to be that your single sub is most probably in the wrong location and very poorly integrated.If you have 24ft, speakers are say 4 or 5 ft from the wall and you are sitting 10 ft away from speakers, you have ample space to put that sub behind you....That’s where it most probably should be. Sub placed up for aesthetic reasons is most probably a fail.

Do you have a mic/REW? Ever measure anything?

You could also put something diffusive at the ipsilateral/contralateral reflection points.

ricred1 OP
2,041 posts
 

deep_333,

You can't see my other sub, but I have two subs. The subs were set-up by the dealer using a mic/REW and several hours of listening,

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