personally, and i think mike made the point indirectly, i feel that getting a very good linestage can have the greatest variability in cost. the placette vs the MLevinson as a great example of my point.
a very good speaker w/ roughly comparable performance is not apt to cost b/w $1500 and 15000. but you can get a linestage that in A/B testing can compete to a draw.
for those who demand the best, they pay the most. i dont doubt the dart is great, i've heard the passive ypsilon and it is great, but i dont think i'd drop another 25k above what i have in my herron for the improvement(see my system thread for thoughts)
frankly, insofar as electronics / speakers go, the easiest job belongs to the linestage...ergo, it should be the cheapest. my 2c anyway.
a very good speaker w/ roughly comparable performance is not apt to cost b/w $1500 and 15000. but you can get a linestage that in A/B testing can compete to a draw.
for those who demand the best, they pay the most. i dont doubt the dart is great, i've heard the passive ypsilon and it is great, but i dont think i'd drop another 25k above what i have in my herron for the improvement(see my system thread for thoughts)
frankly, insofar as electronics / speakers go, the easiest job belongs to the linestage...ergo, it should be the cheapest. my 2c anyway.