I have to imagine that, in time, a more expensive cable is necessary to get your fix. Right back to the drug dealer analogy...It's in the ear and the imagination of the beholder, I guess. If you think a certain cable improves the sound, then for you, it does--for a while.
JHL throws around these flowery words like he's in Creative Writing 101 and thinks he'd be a great Audio Reviewer. He's no doubt one of the many clowns who infest Hoffman Forums.Wow. That Serinus dude is seriously wack (and that's being nice).
Yet at least coke does something for your moneyA toot of coke wears off, too, and you soon need another one, just a pinch more than the last one.
Their website is also just as fishy sounding:"The DAC that will change your life.
"Experience a breathtaking leap forward in DAC technology."
"DAC502 is that rare audio component- ... huge impact to your listening experience... effortlessly delivering a wealth of breathtaking detail, stunning dynamics and 3D soundstaging... result is a startling sense of realism - immersing you in magic of the original performance as never before."
[after 3 more ranting paragraphs:] "DAC502 is a remarkable achievement, rewarding you with all the emotion and engagement of a live performance."
It's not journalism. It's "journamalism".
That '9 tips' article is not 'journalism'... just your regular 'eyeballs attractivism'!
With 100+ replies, it seems to be working and we're probably helping...
Yup, it is most likely a cheap $10 DAC made in China and then resold as the highest end DAC available. So, you take run of the mill products and package them as cutting edge products. The state of the art in audio for todays world is pretty much that. Very sad. It does allow Amir to find the true stand outs in engineering and value so the ASR members don't get swindled.I am forced to nominate the "DAC502" as a potential snake oil.
I don't mean [no] disrespect to the company but my bs-meters are pegged!
Hello,It's in the ear and the imagination of the beholder, I guess. If you think a certain cable improves the sound, then for you, it does--for a while.
This is one thing that I will not allow inside our house!...if a cable is designed in a stupid enough way...
You mean all the time I "thought" my microplankton was multiplying it was actually sitting there doing nothing? I have been swindled, robbed, ripped off and taken advantage of. Sheesh, you can't trust anyone nowadays.Or rather, if a cable is designed in a stupid enough way it makes a difference to sound, but not the one it claims to do.
No veils lifted or microplankton multiplying. Just a pointless mangling of the frequency response.
Makes complete sense to me.A cable that exhibits a difference from normal wire of sufficient gauge always presents a degradation of the signal.
Let's imagine that you are a cable manufacturer. You need some sales gimmick to boost your sales. So you design a cable that is not equivalent of a standard cable, but a cable that has been deliberately "doctored" (for lack of a better word) to sound different.
Now you have three advantages. 1) You can show your customers that your cable sounds different, claiming that "different" is "better". 2) You can prove to your customers that the so-called "experts" who claim there isn't a difference in cables are wrong. 3) You can now induce your customers to trust what you say rather than what someone else says, since you've proven what you claim.
You've got those customers in the palm of your hand, and all you had to do to lock them in and get their money was construct an inferior cable. Isn't life great?
Jim
Not nice to make fun of plankton and accusing them of doing nothing.microplankton was multiplying it was actually sitting there doing nothing?