Themis wrote: > Well, I find it "unbelievable" that some seem to think that a 300$ box > (the SqueezeBox) which has a carefully-chosen price tag, plenty of > features (server, programmable interface, remote,...) and which > includes a dac for obvious practical reasons (it's easier to sell it as > a self-sufficient piece of electronics, rather than a dac-demanding > naked network driver), could _possibly_ include a dac that has a > relative price of over 100-150$. I'm not talking about parts' price > here : I'm talking about the sonic -marketing- price, which includes > parts, design and so on. > > Equally, I find it "unbelievable" that some might seem to think that > recently designed dacs costing 400 or 500$, which are made by > specialized firms could _possibly_ sound worse than the SB's internal > one. I'm not talking about any 15-year old gear, I'm talking about > brand new dacs.
That's not what people are saying. We're saying that the difference between the SB3 DAC and a $400-$500 DAC is likely not all that significant, and that a better use of funds might be to look at other areas of the system. > What does all this mean ? That Slimdevices has talented dac engineers > but other firms dont ?! That Slimdevices has a carefuly chosen > marketing policy but other firms dont ?! What a presumptuous assumption > ! > > And I won't even comment on _how_ upgrading my Sonus Faber speakers by > spending 300$ more (!!!) instead of upgrading SB3' dac could _possibly_ > bring _any_ improvement to my system... That's ridiculous. Of course, if the rest of your system is well-sorted, then a DAC upgrade *may* bring improvement. But, in that case, you'd probably be better off with a considerably better DAC, rather than a slightly better one. R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
