On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 19:39 -0800, highdudgeon wrote: > Oh, the thing is this: I actually have a very -- very -- revealing > system, based around Harbeth Monitor 40s. Personally, I think SB3 is > just terrific for casual listening, and I can see how a change in DAC > with lesser components might not make much of the difference. But who > knows.
Only those who care and try it can know. A lot of being an audiophile is personal taste. > I have a new Lavry DAC - which, unlike benchmark, re-clocks incoming > signal -- and I'm curious to see what the difference will be. I do > know that, with a CD player, the difference is night and day. So let us know. I tend to believe that more revealing systems are more sensitive to all things. Without good speakers driven by good amps in a good room, most of the tweaks can't be tested. > Of course, the cost/benefit curve is rather steep... Nothing in the audiophile world has a rational cost/benefit relationship. Going from a $2000 total system to a $4000 is not going to sound twice as good. It might not sound 1% better. I bought my Benchmark DAC-1 with the excuse that I could use it in my recording studio if I didn't want it in my living room with my SB1/G. Hah! It has never gotten within 30 feet of the recording studio. Now if I had a SB2 or 3, maybe the Benchmark would be in the studio, but not this month. The point is to listen to, and enjoy the music. Just IMHO and all that. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
