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| Are DAC's overpriced? DACs are indeed overpriced. As is high end audio in general. | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio Preferring a better measuring device, is in no way the same as saying that you know what a device will sound like based on the measurements. Preferring a device doesn't mean it is transparent. Most people prefer more colored audio components, in m... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio This is like saying two cars from different manufacturers, will deliver the exact same driving experience, as long as they have the same specs, and that we can surmise exactly how a car will drive, based on those specs. I don’t care what anyone sa... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio Measurements cannot accurately tell you what a piece of equipment will sound like. Good lord. | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio I do agree that, in general, most people are looking for the types of colorations they like most. Which is fine. It's why I don't really want a DAC that's described as being warm or lush, but don't necessarily run from DACs that are described as b... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio It's good to know we don't have to listen to anything before we purchase it, as we only need to look at measurements. Not even who measured it, under what conditions those measurements were taken, or what equipment was used to take those measureme... | |
| What Is Better In General, Sonos Or Say A Network Streamer By Cambridge Audio? Though I do agree that a tube buffered DAC has inherent colorations. Where I disagree is the degree of those colorations over another DAC. | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio The DAC3 B has no AES/EBU input. And while I'm sure the coax is great, I would much rather be using the best output of my transport (which is the i2s, but I'm more ok with the balanced out than I am the coax out).I'm afraid that measurements don't... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio My problem with the Benchmark DACs, is all of the extra things in them. I don't need a preamp or headphone amplifier, I just want a purist's DAC that is transparent, neutral, and information rich. I also wish they had an i2s input, as I'm dying to... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio I don't understand statements like this: "I am 98% certain the Pagoda is not more accurate than the Benchmark. If you have proof otherwise (as the company selling it sure doesn’t state anything meaningful), I would like to see it. I have proof tha... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio The 5670 is close enough to the 6922 that you can use an adapter and use a 6922 in the DAC instead of the 5670. That's what I do currently. The Reflektor '75 6N23P SWGP Silver Shields doesn't sound like a tube is in the DAC to me. With the other t... | |
| A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio @teajay I currently use a MHDT Labs Balanced Pagoda DAC that typically uses 5670 tubes. I had read though, that someone used a converter and used 6922 tubes and was loving it. So I got a converter and then started reading about the "best sounding"... | |
| Ypsilon Phaeton + Marten Coltrane Tenor = which DAC? That Ypsilon dac looks to be a great one. | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money @david_ten If I were financially in the position to buy it today, I would. Though I want a black one. I'm also really wanting to hear some reports on the quality of the Jay's Audio dac. Even though the price point is lowish, if we take into accoun... | |
| If you still spin CD's their is a reference level Transport for reasonable money What is going on? I know that in the review he was comparing the Formula with the Terminator. However you stated that in the review he says they were voiced similarly......which he didn't. Even in the portion you just quoted, he says they're not o... |