[bob]

On Dec 12, 11:07=A0pm, Audio Empire wrote:

They differ quite a bit when you DO conduct proper bias-controlled tests.=
I
would know, having done so.

Our previous discussions of listening tests have revealed a that you
have at best an incomplete understanding of what "bias-controlled
test" means. Meanwhile, there have been numerous published reports of
well-documented such tests, and all have come to conclusions very
different from yours. They've found a few, easily explained
exceptions, but by and large humans can't distinguish between DACs
without their eyes.

And surprise, surprise, the $14,000 MSB DAC IV and =A0and the $11,000 dCS
Debussy DACs DO sound MUCH better than any of the cheap IC-based DAC boxe=
s
(including the $1000 Benchmark DAC1).

Yeah, surprise. Lots of people listen with their wallets.

bob