geoffkait
5,941 posts
07-05-2017 12:58pm
" .... Mains, there is no answer to your question. If there was everybody would be doing it. This whole subject of best bang for the buck or what’s the best for the money, whatever, has been going on for 40 years. It’s pretty much been reduced to the level of a troll...."
+1
Nailed it !
Without prejudice to the former, the notion of "realistic money" is an arbitrary, biased and entirely subjective value judgement at best.
-- in a $50,000 high-end build / resolution system, $5000 is "realistic money".... at that price/performance strata, they are all "good" with the challenge being to pick out the contender(s) from the pretenders.
-- in contrast, in a $1000 low-fi system, $100 is a good first step. There is negligible to nil difference at that price/performance strata, so just pick one of 'em.
5,941 posts
07-05-2017 12:58pm
" .... Mains, there is no answer to your question. If there was everybody would be doing it. This whole subject of best bang for the buck or what’s the best for the money, whatever, has been going on for 40 years. It’s pretty much been reduced to the level of a troll...."
+1
Nailed it !
Without prejudice to the former, the notion of "realistic money" is an arbitrary, biased and entirely subjective value judgement at best.
-- in a $50,000 high-end build / resolution system, $5000 is "realistic money".... at that price/performance strata, they are all "good" with the challenge being to pick out the contender(s) from the pretenders.
-- in contrast, in a $1000 low-fi system, $100 is a good first step. There is negligible to nil difference at that price/performance strata, so just pick one of 'em.