Ked, we all run the hobby in different ways.
I know a guy who spent £2k on an all Rega system in 1999, hasn’t looked beyond, and is as happy as Larry.
I’m on my fifth and final major (either new or majorly upgraded components) system.
A lot of what I’ve bought I heard first at multiple dealers, customers houses and my own home, eg my first system, all-Roksan.
Some of what I’ve bought I only heard elsewhere, not at home.
A small number I bought on a whim with no demo elsewhere.
What I’ve never felt compelled to do is the endless procession of compares.
So here you are, you’ve heard Formula sound less than fully stellar at Arshad’s. Yet others own Formula, have sweated the details on power and room acoustics, and are getting excellent results, not reporting this leaness you highlight.
This is no criticism of Arshad’s system or your desire to hear his stuff.
It’s a comment that nothing of substance can really be drawn from the demo, other than what you experienced at his is a simple audio snapshot in time, and cannot be more substantive than hearing these units in your own home system, that has been optimised to sound as good as possible, can surely be the only way to really make a ranking.
And realising that ranking is a purely subjective one, and can’t be compared to any other ranking of the same dacs in another listener’s v well optimised and familiar (to them) set up.
So, any allusions to these rankings being anything other than personal/subjective, and suggesting they’re in any way objective, is surely misleading.
Re coming over, I don’t want to do any compares. I am totally happy w my choice of components, and don’t want to disturb my set up to a/b anything. Other than a couple more Sablon Elite pwr cords and a full complement of Stacores, I have no interest in comparing gear here. And I certainly don’t want to physically disturb my setup.
You were always v welcome to just take in my system for what it is, and chill out here at the Chapel, so do forgive me for just not wanting to be another resource for compares.
I know a guy who spent £2k on an all Rega system in 1999, hasn’t looked beyond, and is as happy as Larry.
I’m on my fifth and final major (either new or majorly upgraded components) system.
A lot of what I’ve bought I heard first at multiple dealers, customers houses and my own home, eg my first system, all-Roksan.
Some of what I’ve bought I only heard elsewhere, not at home.
A small number I bought on a whim with no demo elsewhere.
What I’ve never felt compelled to do is the endless procession of compares.
So here you are, you’ve heard Formula sound less than fully stellar at Arshad’s. Yet others own Formula, have sweated the details on power and room acoustics, and are getting excellent results, not reporting this leaness you highlight.
This is no criticism of Arshad’s system or your desire to hear his stuff.
It’s a comment that nothing of substance can really be drawn from the demo, other than what you experienced at his is a simple audio snapshot in time, and cannot be more substantive than hearing these units in your own home system, that has been optimised to sound as good as possible, can surely be the only way to really make a ranking.
And realising that ranking is a purely subjective one, and can’t be compared to any other ranking of the same dacs in another listener’s v well optimised and familiar (to them) set up.
So, any allusions to these rankings being anything other than personal/subjective, and suggesting they’re in any way objective, is surely misleading.
Re coming over, I don’t want to do any compares. I am totally happy w my choice of components, and don’t want to disturb my set up to a/b anything. Other than a couple more Sablon Elite pwr cords and a full complement of Stacores, I have no interest in comparing gear here. And I certainly don’t want to physically disturb my setup.
You were always v welcome to just take in my system for what it is, and chill out here at the Chapel, so do forgive me for just not wanting to be another resource for compares.
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