Hallelujah John Darko

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Hallelujah John Darko

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In a world where social media and to a lesser degree forums have too much sway on opinion here is a very knowledgeable audio commentator saying something that resonates with me.

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Re: Hallelujah John Darko

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spot on
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Re: Hallelujah John Darko

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I’m beginning to think digital and DAC’s in particular re-write the law of diminishing returns.........
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Re: Hallelujah John Darko

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Behind it all he still seems to believe that an $8k DAC *is better* (better how? sounds better?)

If you spend $8k on a DAC not $1k you *might* be an idiot.

If the cheaper DAC sounds better then you probably are in my book. :lol:

Also I've heard the Maserati story before elsewhere...
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Re: Hallelujah John Darko

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I agree with a lot of what he is saying with exception
of his statement:
"I know that 8k streamer will sound better than 1k streamer"
( I would not have a problem if he just said "is better" as better is hard to define but he said "sounds better"...)
unfortunately with digital gear there is a lot of going on
and since he uses camera market as an example I will just leave here 2 names
Hasselblad Lunar and Sony NEX-7
with streamers and DAC there is a lot of similar examples...
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