nyxnyxnyx
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I want to understand you folks better, to you what is/are the deal breaker(s) here? Because I've seen a lot of circular arguments around burn-in and "manufacturer assurance" here:
- Is the price too high, regardless of performance (if this scored like 2dB higher than D90SE it is still not good p/p wise)?
- Is it the fact that its measurement stays in the "average" group, despite all the good subjective remarks elsewhere? (listeners experience did not reflect objective performance)
- Is it about the false measurement provided by the company? (if their measurement is misleading on purpose, then it can be understood as a fraud)
- Or is it about all the inconveniences and mumbo jumbos that go along with the product? (inconvenient way to setup firmware, have to wait on startup, "audiophile-grade" components, etc...)
- Or is it something else entirely? (Please point it out)
To me, it's obvious that the incorrect measurement from the company is very unforgiving. Assuming if nobody bought an unit and sent it to Amir or some other reputable figure of objective audio community, nobody would have known any better. Customers would have bought this and get tricked by a false painting of a great objective marvel.
If I use the established fact here that all DACs should sound and audibly behave the same after a certain threshold, then this DAC should be near or within the "fine" category for practical, daily performance (unless I got it wrong and some of its flaws are very audible?). Using the same argument again though, there's no good reason to buy this DAC if performance is all one cares about.
I conclude that even if there is something that cannot be measured about this DAC's audio performance, there is still mostly a boutique factor in this product. It's like a rarity, a prestige item to be collected more than an outstanding product.
- Is the price too high, regardless of performance (if this scored like 2dB higher than D90SE it is still not good p/p wise)?
- Is it the fact that its measurement stays in the "average" group, despite all the good subjective remarks elsewhere? (listeners experience did not reflect objective performance)
- Is it about the false measurement provided by the company? (if their measurement is misleading on purpose, then it can be understood as a fraud)
- Or is it about all the inconveniences and mumbo jumbos that go along with the product? (inconvenient way to setup firmware, have to wait on startup, "audiophile-grade" components, etc...)
- Or is it something else entirely? (Please point it out)
To me, it's obvious that the incorrect measurement from the company is very unforgiving. Assuming if nobody bought an unit and sent it to Amir or some other reputable figure of objective audio community, nobody would have known any better. Customers would have bought this and get tricked by a false painting of a great objective marvel.
If I use the established fact here that all DACs should sound and audibly behave the same after a certain threshold, then this DAC should be near or within the "fine" category for practical, daily performance (unless I got it wrong and some of its flaws are very audible?). Using the same argument again though, there's no good reason to buy this DAC if performance is all one cares about.
I conclude that even if there is something that cannot be measured about this DAC's audio performance, there is still mostly a boutique factor in this product. It's like a rarity, a prestige item to be collected more than an outstanding product.