In Reply to: OK, so no SACD, but still... posted by Dave Kingsland on March 12, 2005 at 11:59:58:
Dave,I have on many many occassions done precisely that. Over the years I have owned many mid-fi brands including Onkyo, NAD, Yamaha, Denon, Sony etc.. and I have on numerous occassions swapped pieces in/out of my system to see what I can detect.
Most recently, when my B&K amp blew-up I brought my NAD 7250PE receiver to my main system to drive my Vandersteens. ..No discernable difference. After buying the Bryston Amp I swapped it in/out w/the NAD - again, no difference. And so on and so on. I have an NAD 540 CD player in use in my office - it works beautifully, but sounds no better than my Sony changers.
As for speakers, I have had Polk Audio, Spica TC-50's, PSB Stratus Minis, and finally the Vandersteens. At no point did I ever struggle to hear differences b/w these speakers.
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