Hi Larry,
That listening experience you described is a good example of favorable sound quality/cost ratio. Some modestly priced audio components are well engineered/implemented and are capable of preserving the audio signal from a high quality source.
I've also heard audio systems that were a mixture expensive and modest priced components that produced very impressive sound quality. Performance and cost isn't always a linear relationship.
Charles
That listening experience you described is a good example of favorable sound quality/cost ratio. Some modestly priced audio components are well engineered/implemented and are capable of preserving the audio signal from a high quality source.
I've also heard audio systems that were a mixture expensive and modest priced components that produced very impressive sound quality. Performance and cost isn't always a linear relationship.
Charles