On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 05:49:51 GMT, AZ Nomad
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:05:34 -0700, hoarse with no name wrote:

Cheap disc players have digital output and expensive AV receivers have
good DACs, so what is the purpose of buying an expensive CD player?

Having a very pretty although mostly empty cabinet made out of expensive
machined materials and with expensive looking knobs. Makes wrapping that $25
sony drive, the $5 worth of DACs achieve that special feeling of pride that
comes from having spent too much. Of course, everybody knows that caps made
of iguana spit achieve performance levels never seen with less expensive caps.
If it is made of esoteric materials, it *must* sound better.

Yes, but coffee made from weasel ****? You have to draw the line
*somewhere*!

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering