Richard, you and I live in different universes.
| When deciding which of the two units to buy, one comment I would make is:
| if you can, *listen* to the two units before you buy.
Operative clause: "if you can." Neither of those units is going to be on
display in any store near me. To compare them hands-on, I would have to
order both by mail and ship one back for a refund. To return the more ex-
pensive one and keep the less expensive one, yet pay shipping both ways on
the one I returned, would total more than ordering and keeping only the more
expensive one. So I can't compare them hands-on, and that's why I've turned
to MD-L for assistance.
| Don't just go on specs or price alone, obviously price is one of the most
| important factors, but the device is designed for making sound, so the sound
| should also be an important consideration.
Oh, I assure you, they will sound the same to my tin ears, so specs and price
are, in this situation, the tie-breaking criteria. What are very unequal for
me are the power consumption and the weight.
| Go to a decent hi-fi store and A-B the two units on the same amp and
| speakers ...
WHERE? I would have no idea where within a reasonable drive of my home to
find a store that would carry both. I doubt that I could find two stores,
one that carries each, and get a chance to listen to them on different amps
and speakers. If this were Japan, sure, but this is the US, a vast MD desert.
| Specs will tell you what features you're buying, ...
And my decision has come down to that.
| But specs won't tell you how it sounds - maybe the two units have
| different D/A converters. Maybe you won't notice a difference ...
I guarantee you that I won't notice a difference in sound. At 1/3 more power
use, though, I'll notice a difference in my electric bill. At nearly 2 kg
more weight, I'll notice a difference in the strain on my back when I move
it and on the gravitational stability of my component stack. Richard, there
are no stores here where I can compare the two units in real life, and there
will be no difference in sound to my tin ears, so this purchase comes down to
specs and price.
| You don't want to get the cheaper machine and then go to someone's place is
| 9 months, hear the 940 in action and cry!
Then the 940 owner's unbrushed long-furred cat must have triggered my allergy.
If I buy the 640 but the 940 sounds better, I might say "darn." Not even
"damn," just "darn" if even that. However, the 940 owner may cry when I tell
him/her how much less my 640 weighs and how much less electricity it uses.
(The kwh are very expensive here.) The more you try to turn me toward the
940, Richard, the more I lean toward the 640. It must be the way the Cori-
olis Effect reverses when one crosses the equator.
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