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PC audio IS mainstream audio.

It's you, and people like you that are "a small, cultish fraction of small niche hobby". That's why we are clustered here on AA.

The formerly much vaunted "convergence" has occurred but many folks missed it because it didn't happen exactly as predicted. Technically there just isn't any fundamental difference between using a dedicated fixed appliance, a general purpose computer or a small portable unit to listen to recorded music. It boils down to industrial design and implementation. The latter controls how good they sound, the former, how good they look and ease of operation.

Look at any of the AA fora, to an audio epicure everything is "tweaky and buggy", absolutely nothing reliably delivers the good. That's why the hobby even exists! If you think about it, the audiophile of today frets over quite different things than the audiophile of old. The one constant is that we are still fussy about, or unusually sensitive to sound quality. But the factors that limit it are in constant flux.

The fact that you aren't interested in using a GP computer for audio doesn't reflect at all upon the merits of doing so. It merely says something about you. Namely that you prefer a slightly different form factor and are old enough to drink. I bet very few failing the latter test would agree with you.

Regards, Rick

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