You're either paying for the genius of Ted or you're not. Any other judgements before it is released and reviewed are rrelevant.
PS audio new 25K dac and the psychological effect of owning a company's best.
I was purchasing some hi-res files from NativeDSD today and found mention of PS Audio’s Obsidian Ted Smith Signature Dac ($25K) in their compatibility excel table scheduled to be released in 2021. I am the owner of their Direct stream DAC and DSD memory player and I immediately thought that I would never spend 25K on a DAC. I also thought that now I can have their best so why to stay with the brand. This might be my personal bias but I was wondering if this has an effect on anyone else. Is owning the top-of-line of any brand important to you and would you leave a brand if you were priced out of the market?
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I am not PS Audio fan boy had zero luck with any of their products. But to condemn them for offering or working on a $25K DAC is silly when there are others out there that cost even more. LampizatOr Pacific DAC (starts from $27,000 USD) There are the haves and the have not. Hey if you got the cash..... Free market got to love it. |
I have to admit that I have felt like the OP at times when I previously owned a company's top of the line product and they introduced something above the product I owned. But I agree with @rlb61 that the best value is often in middle-of-the-line products. This is particularly true when the mid product was introduced after the current top-of-the-line since there is often things learned in the development of the top-end product that can and are applied to the new lower-priced items. |
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