Phil Leigh;592284 Wrote: > > To claim a DAC - for example - is "better" than another implies some > absolute scale of measurement/assessment against which one component > can be judged to be "better" than another. What measures good does not always sound good. Discussed many times here and there.
Phil Leigh;592284 Wrote: > > Since such a scale does not exist, what people are actually saying is > that they find one component preferable to another. This is fine. > However, it doesn't translate into any form of absolute truth. > Absolutely. But don't we all use understandable by everybody subjective assessment criteria (not absolute, though)? For example, more detailed, more dynamic, less anemic, airy, messy, boring, not involving, dull, bright, etc? Not everybody can compare audio gear in his/her own systems, ergo such threads. The absence of the absolute objective assessment criteria should not prevent to exchange subjective information. Phil Leigh;592284 Wrote: > > The only people are even arguably in a position to talk about "better" > rather than "preferable" are ones who BELIEVE they "know" (by which I > mean, believe they can honestly remember) how the replay should > sound... and as we know, sonic memory is as reliable as a chocolate > teapot in the desert. Probably the word "preferable" is more politically correct, but it would be strange to "prefer" something what "subjectively" sounds "worse" (we are not talking money here). Sound quality is subjective. The money are material, though. So we vote with our objective money for subjective quality. Now to the price/SQ. The "higher" the "end" the lower the ratio gets. And it's utterly frustrating to spend more money on something what sounds "worse": http://forums.linn.co.uk/bb/showthread.php?tid=5379 > > I had an opportunity to do a head-to-head comparison between an LP12, > my Akurate DS (Dynamik) and a PS Audio Perfectwave Transport/DAC/Power > Plant over the weekend, and I hate to say it but the PS Audio gear was > very clearly better than the DS in all regards (apart from its looks > which are a bit flashy and American for me). The DS sounded quite dull > and flat in comparison. > > The LP12 was clearly better than the DS and the PS Audio - but it is > also a far more expensive piece of gear. > . . . > It's annoying because I spent twice as much on the Akurate DS as the PS > Audio gear costs. > -- alekz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ alekz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82155 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
