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In Reply to: RE: More from the end of 13th Note Reviews - poor value products posted by 13th Duke of Wymbourne on August 11, 2020 at 17:10:36
I am mostly referring to his Swan Song in the post you linked to before. But also the timing of this list is pretty self-indulgent. If the "game" is indeed rigged, and he had real integrity, then he wouldn't have played it to begin with. If he really cared about truth for his readers, then he'd have exposed these poor values earlier. In fact, he couldn't play the game, so he's taking his ball home with him.Funny how he starts with Chord Cables and then essentially trashes all expensive cables as making no difference. I'm not saying he's wrong or right on that, but was he making noise about cables being snake oil before?
Disclaimer: I have the basic Nucleus and love it every day, even if there's an easy argument that it's overpriced. Plus, what Kal said: Roon practically tells people not to buy the Nucleus if they aren't overpaid dumbasses like me. Even though I ignored them, at least I took their advice on not getting the Nucleus+. LOL.
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Edits: 08/11/20Follow Ups:
I never read his reviews so I can't say if he has always pointed out poor products or poor value or whether it is only now he's doing it. You'd have to go through them to be sure. I looked at his Auralic G1 review and he did make the same value points. In his review of the Chord M Scaler he was pretty positive using it with a more modest DAC (Qutest) only later did he change his mind after hearing the Chord TT DAC that he thinks much better value than Qutest + M Scaler - so a little bit of hypocrisy but equal kudos for being open about changing his mind.
I just saw that Hi-Fi Choice called the Auralic G1 'one of, if not the best steamers for under 2k' (sterling)!I am curious why Simon Price really likes Chord DACs but really dislikes the company?
Edits: 08/12/20
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