10-Aug-2015, 16:55
... and bear in mind that, in a year's time, there will be a raft of new and upgraded physical products and lots of new software, with each manufacturer (whether Aurender or whoever) extolling the improvements they have managed to extract.
So this year's product from many manufacturers will be out of date!
I suspect the best discipline during the developmental era for digital is to buy into a manufacturer's proposition (a manufacturer you really rate) and then don't stray from it.
Putting aside Devialet and my own preferences, Guillaume (for example) has bought into TotalDac and whilst he has tried Aurender and Melco and ... I suspect it would be tough to persuade him to move elsewhere - which is a good attitude to have in my opinion. And ultimately one that saves money.
So this year's product from many manufacturers will be out of date!
I suspect the best discipline during the developmental era for digital is to buy into a manufacturer's proposition (a manufacturer you really rate) and then don't stray from it.
Putting aside Devialet and my own preferences, Guillaume (for example) has bought into TotalDac and whilst he has tried Aurender and Melco and ... I suspect it would be tough to persuade him to move elsewhere - which is a good attitude to have in my opinion. And ultimately one that saves money.
Innuos Statement 2TB SSD with Next-Gen PSU (with Roon lifetime)
MacBook Pro (with Air)
Draytek Vigor 2860v-Plus/Devialet Original d'Atelier CI Nos. 54A&B/Magico M3 pair
Shunyata cables (digital/interconnect/loudspeaker/power)/Shunyata power units (Triton/Typhon)
Dialog/Phantom Gold/Tree pair
Missing Link cables (power)
England
