Re: dCS - TA - Digital Drive

Re: dCS

Posted by TA (A) on August 8, 2002 at 22:22:51

In Reply to: Re: dCS posted by donny on August 8, 2002 at 15:14:19:

Here are my thoughts about dCS pricing:

A component's price is a very different issue than its quality, although arguably, the ultimate point of shopping for components is deciding where to spend your money. But if one is looking for value, McDonalds is tasty and does a great job of filling you up; there are reasons why people will splurge for a $200 meal at Nobu or Peter Luger. And few people ever spot the difference between one of my $300 suits and my much more expensive brand-name suit (for special occasions).

There are differences, and then there are differences - we have to decide what differences matter for ourselves. Some of my friends think it's ridiculous to spend more than $1500 total on a stereo, while on ebay people will pay 15x over to get a MFSL CD over the regular CD version. Not to mention what people will spend on high-end Nordost cables. I'm not a clothes whore, but I do love a good stereo. Even then, I'm not at the point of wanting to spend lots on money-no-object cables, but I did think it was worth taking the plunge into dCS. I'm trying to say that our analyis of "value" bends for luxury items like a stereo.

As for value, I will mention one thing: the dCS DACs can plug straight into an amp for maximum transparency and detail. This approach cuts out an entire component, which you would probably spend a lot of money on if your other components are shopping in the dCS price range.

As for the Purcell unit, I will say that I've taken it out of my component chain to see if I could live without it, and I found that I really missed it.

(I am not affiliated with dCS, etc., etc.)

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Topic - Does anyone make an extrnal dac that upsamples EVERYTHING to 192? - neddy 11:15:22 08/8/02 (23)

Re: Does anyone make an extrnal dac that upsamples EVERYTHING to 192? - tweak1 10:08:56 08/10/02 (4)

Lots of DACS up/oversample more than 192 - garth 00:00:05 08/12/02 (2)

just about every DAC in existence does (nt) - Werner 09:23:05 08/12/02 (1)

Right! It's a lot of hype! - garth 00:27:51 08/13/02 (0)

Remember the rules? - Ted Smith 14:29:39 08/11/02 (0)

Northstar audio - merdy 09:19:06 08/9/02 (0)

Electrocompaniet ECD-1 n/t - Mike,Jr 07:29:25 08/9/02 (0)

Bel Canto DAC 2 (nt) - romandoc 05:40:52 08/9/02 (0)

Re: Does anyone make an extrnal dac that upsamples EVERYTHING to 192? - HQ 04:41:47 08/9/02 (0)

Re: Does anyone make an extrnal dac that upsamples EVERYTHING to 192? - Barry 22:03:41 08/8/02 (0)

what for? - steve b 18:12:07 08/8/02 (1)

Audio Status... - Todd Krieger 23:14:04 08/8/02 (0)

Accuphase... - David Spear 16:03:33 08/8/02 (1)

Ill second that. Accuphase has a magnificient 24/192 DAC n/t - Vega 17:23:46 08/8/02 (0)

dCS - TA 14:15:43 08/8/02 (6)

Re: dCS - donny 15:14:19 08/8/02 (5)

Re: dCS - Todd Krieger 23:37:49 08/8/02 (0)

Re: dCS - TA 08/8/0222:22:51 08/8/02 (0)

Re: dCS - Robert Kelly 16:53:47 08/8/02 (2)

Purcell with my Wadia 27ix - ARL 14:18:12 08/12/02 (0)

Re: dCS - airwise 23:25:39 08/9/02 (0)

Re: Does anyone make an extrnal dac that upsamples EVERYTHING to 192? - Brad V 12:53:35 08/8/02 (1)

Also... - Kal Rubinson 14:08:26 08/8/02 (0)

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Re: dCS - TA 08/8/0222:22:51 08/8/02 (0)

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