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In Reply to: RE: Wow, $990 to $1200 depending on options.... posted by AbeCollins on April 06, 2017 at 05:47:49
some peoples whole music collection cost.
If you need to spend $1k on a peripheral to make your music sound better, Then either you need to find better music or look elsewhere for the real ROOT cause of why your gear sounds like crap.
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This is pure 'Emperor has no clothes' stuff..... I never got on that train.
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I promised myself that when I retired I would get my turntable up and running again. I have been out of the vinyl end of the hobby for some time. I can't believe the prices of high end tables, arms, cartridges, etc. $990 is chump change in the vinyl game.
Go to some live concerts instead. $900 should buy you some pretty good seats.
There are tons of fantastic artists out there, most of which never make prime time 'fame' but are still very very good. In some cases these people might play in very small personal sized venues and their tickets are actually cheap or sometimes even free.
Unpacking a new toy is fun but it can't match even a single night or live music and the memorable experience it brings.
Back when I was younger [and more free] I used to find these types of events at least a few times a month. Sometimes I'd drive 4 hrs to Chicago on a Friday to catch a set, spend the night and drive back the next day. The money and time spent [even the memory] beats out any audio hardware costing 10x the price.
When/If I retire I plan on getting back into the Swing of things and catching more Live Music.
Once I even flew to NY to see BBKing at the Apollo [only 4 rows from the front] had dinner afterwards and flew back on the Red-Eye. All for less than what I spent on a pair of Acoustic Zen IC's.
If you want high quality clocks and power supplies, you pay that much. Otherwise it is just hot air, as in many 'relocking' devices.
Does make you wonder about the reclockers in some of these devices.
How much does a 'real' femto-type-clock chip cost?
Crystek clock chips seem to top out at about $50 in each quantities. To be fair, 'FemtoClock' seems to be a registered trademark of IDT (Integrated Device Technology), so I guess it's 'Femto Type Clocks' from here on out for me. =:-0
of 'Fempto' chip. It is to so with the design for ultra low phase noise at 1 to 10Hz. Fempto chips don't do this.
You need to go below the publicity speel.
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