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Archimedes Gold

It certainly is a fair question, because I am looking at this as if I do not own a Dac, and I have no clue why anyone would want to. Before I try any of these many free trial offers, I want to make sure my equipment is up to snuff. Is this truly the tale of Archimedes Gold, or The Emperor's New Clothes.

As you are well aware while taking a bath, Archimedes noticed that the level of the water in the tub rose as he got in, and realized that this effect could be used to determine the amount of gold in an object. Archimedes then took to the streets naked, so excited by his discovery that he had forgotten to dress.

Whereas in the short tale by Hans Christian Andersen two weavers promise an Emperor a new suit of clothes that is invisible to those unfit for their positions, stupid, or incompetent. When the Emperor parades before his subjects in his new clothes, a child cries out, "But he isn't wearing anything at all!"

Manufactures have conflicts of interests that may cause them to lie to themselves about what they can actually hear. If I appear skeptical when I see a naked man running, it is because I have to determine if it is indeed Archimedes, or just the Emperor.

I run my McIntosh pre-amp from the Dac in my Dads antiquated Denon surround that he left when he passed away many years ago at age 91. It plays 24 bit, 96 kHz audio. Everything sounds better going though McIntosh. Time is not on our side, as our hearing ages Archimedes, becomes the Emperor.
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