The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype

Actually, as true or false as it my be, none of what the gentlemen in video stated really makes a hill of beans difference to the average audiophile. This hobby is more about what captures your imagination, illusions, stirs ones emotion and passion more than anything else, regardless of price, or, sometime, performance. The equipment is just as important as the music itself. That’s what being an audiophile is all about. I just love gazing at my lovely, expensive audio gear (jewelry) just as much as I do listening to it. This doesn’t make me any less of a music lover. It’s all in the game. Happy listening.

Some real honesty here. 

I went from a Topping D90 to Pontus 12.  There is a difference and it is worth the extra, IMO. 

Yes, for better or worse, Denafrips DACs sound very different from most Toppings. 

It amazes me that there is so much talk on all topics audio. The BEST thing any of us could say is "Come over and listen to my system and decide for yourself". I live one hour north of Philadelphia. Anyone who wants to is welcome to stop by and listen! Who else is in?

EVERYTHING matters for sound. Next discussion.

Imho, far too much is made of the objective performance as being the final determination in how good an audio component’s sound is.

In reality, there’s far more involved in tailoring the sound of an audio component (ie. Voicing) then just the raw numbers of a test bench.

Moreover, choosing audio gear that complements one’s system to create a synergy is far more important than spending a small fortune on one component which will then only serve to expose the flaws in the rest of the system.

As for the topic of this thread regarding digital to analogue converters being a scam, that is simply not the case, because all dacs do not sound the same. Dac’s like other audio components benefit by good engineering as well as the use of high quality components. Logic should indicate based on the aforesaid, that a well implemented dac using quality components, will sound better than a poorly engineered dac using lesser components.

Even two dacs using the same components will sound different depending on how the components are engineered into each dac.