ralphpnj wrote: > But the $1500 chip HAS TO sound better as per the First Law of High End > Audio: the more expensive it is the better it will sound.
jh901 wrote: > This is the kind of straw man that gets us nowhere. Sadly, a member > such as Ralph would likely be elated to discover the quality of sound > coming from his audio system if he upgraded the DAC. I've learned first > hand that it only takes one weak link in the electronics upstream to > hide the huge upside of hi-end speakers. That's only the first law, the second law states that if one cannot hear how much better the more expensive piece of equipment sounds than the less expensive then the rest of one's system MUST BE at fault. By the way, here's a straw man for you, I hear he's got a killer audio system carefully assembled by price: +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: Straw-Man-220x300.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14039| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
