On a slightly different note, I think discussion is about exaggeration of differences. I do think DACs can and do sound different. The better they get, supposing they have been designed to be transparent, the harder it is to hear a difference. But audibly, I believe the difference will be subtle indeed between GOOD front ends. On this point note even resident pro TheOctavist has Forsell and Mytek DACs which cost (in my country) more than his speakers! No-one is saying it makes NO difference. We have MEASUREMENTS which tell us there are differences!
In this context, I agree that by far the most significant differences will be those of the recording quality, room acoustics and loudspeakers. On the last point, well designed active speakers have several technical advantages. So I am a "front end last" sort of person, but not a "front end doesn't matter" person. Darren Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94418 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
