Munich 2018

[RebelMan]

Glad to hear that IT engineers at Apple have eliminated the need for the work of audio engineers (the religious types that believe that it matters) at dCS, Wadia, Mark Levinson, Weiss, Accuphase, Theta Digital, Esoteric, not leave out Sony and Phillips and the new wave of sect members from Innous, Auralic, Linn, SOtM, Aurender, Bricasti, Sonore, etc. 

Pour guys have spent an accumulated thousand years looking for the holy grail because nobody told them that they are running in a vicious circle where everything sounds different but never better and should pick up a Mac Mini from the middle of the circle and look for another job. Next year in Munich I will try to convince them.

Let me remind you this is a business first.  High cost, which you are alluding to, is driven by hype but mostly by the economies of scale and not engineering prowess.  Furthermore, it is NOT indicative of high performance, not even close.  There are countless examples but I'll offer you one, the Simaudio Moon CP-8.  Ever hear about that?  I rest my case.

It's a difficult process to change the minds of the technically unaware once the audio propoganda takes hold.  But if this hobby has any chance of surviving we got to quit blowing smoke up in people's ears.