Apparently there are still a lot people with enough money around to fall for this crap., fools and their money...
The companies that sell this kind of snake oil know very well that their clientele will probably never read or visit ASR., and even if they did they wouldn't care, no way they are...
Quite right,
The only things that MIGHT be better with these Uber expensive DAC's is built Quality, durability and reliability over a longer time, perhaps product support as well, however even that is not always a given.
As for performance, well, they seldomly perform any better than a 200$...
" * Bandwidth is wider than expected- Usually over 40KHz and even in the inner grooves over 30KHz. That myth about limited bandwidth in the inner grooves was caused by crude stereo cartridges of the 1960s"
Theoretically this might be true, (regarding a good cartridge anyways), however >95% of...
"I walked into audio stores and would lust after something just because of the brand and what it looked like"
Ditto:D
for instance Accuphase and Luxman, didn't have the the money for it though, still haven't :confused:, oh well, perhaps in my next life then:)
"I find it much more logical to buy vinyl instead of CDs as a physical media"
for me it's exactly the other way round, you pay more (up to 3 times) for less fidelity and convenience.
Have a nice Easter weekend:)
"There were several reasons why I was extremely eager to hear this system. First and foremost, given the high price of Wadax digital gear, I wanted to get a sense of what the Wadax Atlantis Reference DAC ($166,420), Wadax Atlantis Reference Server ($68,800), Wadax Atlantis Reference Transport...
In the above given examples, which lyrics? , sorry i don't quite follow here.
for this kind of ehm.. lets for the sake or argument call it music, MP3 at the lowest possible quality is more than adequate.