In Reply to: RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference posted by morricab on November 2, 2023 at 09:59:37:
"Or...it is simply far superior. You seem to conveniently ignore the most obvious possibility."Or as I already mentioned the DAC is simply an outlier that aligns more precisely with your specific sonic preference. You can't ignore that possibility especially since your "far superior" sounding DAC utilizes vacuum tubes. Are we back to the age old debate of vacuum tubes vs solid-state? I can add some color and soundstage with a nice vacuum tube preamp and thoroughly enjoy the sound (I've done it) but I would simply call it different and not necessarily far superior.
Better or far superior is hard to define in recent DACs and more about personal preference. State of the art design elevates many modern DACs to be excellent compared to just a few short years ago. One no longer needs to buy pricey audiophile branded DACs to achieve outstanding sonics.
Edits: 11/04/23
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- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - AbeCollins 08:04:59 11/04/23 (18)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - morricab 03:57:34 11/05/23 (17)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - AbeCollins 08:39:26 11/06/23 (3)
- RE: Color your DAC to align with your preference - morricab 13:34:31 11/06/23 (2)
- You're getting close to admitting that you prefer some distortion - Feanor 09:02:54 11/09/23 (1)
- RE: You're getting close to admitting that you prefer some distortion - morricab 00:36:36 11/15/23 (0)
- Qualities that depend on the recording - Feanor 04:52:02 11/06/23 (12)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 06:44:37 11/06/23 (11)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - AbeCollins 10:48:28 11/06/23 (3)
- "...be willing to pay less ;-) " - Feanor 05:16:04 11/10/23 (1)
- RE: "...be willing to pay less ;-) " - Dawnrazor 17:26:51 11/10/23 (0)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 13:19:10 11/06/23 (0)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - Tre' 07:03:06 11/06/23 (6)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 13:30:18 11/06/23 (5)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - Tre' 18:02:03 11/06/23 (4)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 02:02:28 11/07/23 (3)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - Tre' 07:27:28 11/07/23 (2)
- RE: Qualities that depend on the recording - morricab 02:22:51 11/08/23 (1)
- " I hear what I hear, whether real or imagined..." Good point. nt - Tre' 07:13:20 11/08/23 (0)