cliveb wrote: > Forgive me if I've misunderstood your position here, but you seem to be > giving Stereophile some points for bothering to measure the device and > publish the figures. > > But: having measured this DAC and discovered how catastrophically broken > it is, the review bends over backwards to find some kind of mitigating > factors. Stuff like saying that it sounds nice in the mid range, where > most music signal sits. WTF? > > Come on guys: if the device had been a $100 DAC from China, do you > really think Stereophile's review would have said anything other than > "This is a pile of junk, fit only for a dumpster"? How does the fact > that it's pretty and costs a fortune change anything? The fact that they > fail to call it out despite having the appalling evidence staring them > in the face is just mind boggling.
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