The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype

Skip the DAC. This $2k all-in-one player (CD, SACD, FLAC player, streamer) sounds better than any transport and DAC combo regardless of price (incl. $260k dCS). Alex/Wavetouch audio

https://youtu.be/ADJab9HrXpU?si=O0t2DjNCp3rHfekA

https://youtu.be/QkQcB3nFJDc?si=Qoe0edEnetnYhY-x&t=142

@mihorn 

You seem like a nice enough guy but…

Skip the DAC. This $2k all-in-one player (CD, SACD, FLAC player, streamer) sounds better than any transport and DAC combo regardless of price (incl. $260k dCS). Alex/Wavetouch audio

You can’t possibly be serious. Anyone who might make this statement loses what little credibility they may have had.

The earth is flat. Anyone can see that with one’s own eyes. If I don’t want to believe in all the ways it can be described that the earth is a globe I don’t have to. In the end “anyone is free to believe what they will” and still walk on the earth whether it’s flat or a globe. Listen to the music and enjoy the components. BTW don’t be like Mad Mike Hughes. He built a rocket to ride up into the atmosphere to prove to himself the earth is a globe. He crashed back to earth and killed himself. Was it really worth it? I guess to him, it was.

ghasley

@mihorn  Skip the DAC. This $2k all-in-one player (CD, SACD, FLAC player, streamer) sounds better than any transport and DAC combo regardless of price (incl. $260k dCS). Alex/Wavetouch audio

You can’t possibly be serious. Anyone who might make this statement loses what little credibility they may have had.

=====> Why my WT-95 is the world’s best sound digital player? ----- 1) no veil, no distortion noise, closest to the original sound reproduction. All digital (and analog) sources sound veil and glare, except my WT-95. Please point out if any CDP/system sounds cleaner than this WT-95 system.  https://youtu.be/QkQcB3nFJDc?si=Qoe0edEnetnYhY-x&t=142

2) Natural sound mid-range (voice). All audio systems’ human voice sound far back and thin. Only WT-95 mid sound like the original recording. https://youtu.be/ADJab9HrXpU?si=jGaG5gjC5hYP2oia

3) Cheap and plenty replacement parts. WT-95 is forever. There are thousands used Oppo bdp-95s. I have so many broken CDP gears (Theta data 2 paid $3k, many Thetas, PS d-links, Cary,  many DACs I don’t use anymore, everyone know what they paid since 40 y ago). WT-95 sounds top them all (incl. every new tech noise/veil monsters - $260k dac!!) and replacements are plenty.

4) Newer digital technology sound worse than older tech. Newer digital tech destroys/chop down the original music (too much cooking) and lost the natural sound focus (sound images/musicality) and re-constructs some artificial sounds. **I agree that sometimes newer tech sounds bit better to listen (not musical, in artificial way) with bad irritating sound audio systems.

Ex.) Listen below 2 same music (10 years old, 3 years old). 10 YO is much better. 10 YO. https://youtu.be/kYICwkCnUIk?si=NHet3QBYB50Jazzn ----   3 YO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqkcFJxIjVE

Post any audio systems that sounds better than my system. My speaker is 5.25" woofer and very low freq isn’t in my recordings, but WT-95 does the full range. Alex/Wavetouch audio

https://youtu.be/uMYpfk7RegM?si=yQsObLCQvDnGyP5Q

unfortunately it sounds terrible on Youtube ...