PhilNYC wrote:
On a tangent, I've heard a pair of $40K speakers being driven by an iPod
and $5K worth of preamp/amp sound worse than a pair of $200 speakers
being driven by $40K worth of electronics ($25K of which was the
amp)...and a $40K system where each component made up roughly equal
parts of the budget sound better than both of those systems.
Which is exactly what most of us would expect.
The idea that source is more important than speakers, or vice versa is
pretty silly.
This is exactly what a high end audio retailer is doing to earn their
markup, sell you the best sounding system for the bucks in your wallet,
which is nearly always a balance on each component.
Altho I tend not to listen to speakers that cost over $10K, as I don't
want to be spoiled for speakers that I can aford. Plus all of the $20K++
speakers that I've seen have WAF of too close to zero for me to consider.
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Pat
http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
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