Btw, @lewm : Do you think that the DAS parts and box can have a price of 19.K as is its price tag? I know you don't and
Certainly not, maybe 5k and the other 14K-!5K where are?. Obviously inside the designer/manufacturer knowledge levels and skills and if you open the FM Acoustics you can say: hey where are the 120K that I paid for both units ( phono and line )? because not you but no-sense gentlemans could say no more than 10K down there but it's the Manuel Huber knowledge/skills who puts him There and between other unit/design characteristics " things " like these:
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- Ultra linear balanced line drivers: no more matching problems of cables and electronics.
- Entire unit uses discrete circuitry of proprietary enhanced Class A design: no signal-degrading IC’s, transformers, hybrid circuits, tubes or op-amps.
- Hand-selected, high-precision matched components of DIN, IEC & MIL standard secure accuracy and long-term stability.
- Performance without equal. The technology, circuitry and manufacturing methods are proprietary to FM ACOUSTICS.
- The ultimate solution for restoration work, mastering studios, libraries and dedicated record collectors. """"
R.