Enough is Enough


I've been looking at changing my DAC. I was considering Lampizator, Playback Designs, and Ideon. Recently a dealer basically told me(with the exception of my subwoofer and music server) my system sucks. He went on to say, I should sell my amps, preamp, DAC, speakers, and start all over! I've owned several different speakers, amplifiers, and DACs. I've attended shows and several different dealers show rooms. In fact, I directly compared one of the amplifiers the dealer recommended to a Rowland 625 S2 amplifier and preferred the 625 S2. I didn't build my system in a vacuum. I determined what I wanted to spend, listened and purchase what I preferred. I've been in sales and submit it would have been better to recommend a DAC that would improve my system. So now I say, maybe enough is enough; because no matter what I have some dealer will tell me it's crap and I have to start over. 

ricred1

I have been into audio for over 40 years and member of or part of audio clubs ion the east coast ,making recommendations , fine tune your Audio you don’t have to start from scratch.I can say yes maybe upgrade as I mentioned before a digital cable upgrade ,I just recently found a Gem in Tubulus Audio cables ,their Digital cables and a couple power cords ,truly kicked my very respectable system up a notch . I truly think the front end is slightly more important then the Loudspeaker ,Why for it is the first part of the Audio chain , once the signal goes down stream you Cannot make up the clarity or resolution , the Loudspeaker is second , everything counts though . I sell Denafrips Audio and their latest philosophy in their New Gen-15 series ,such as moving the Pontus to the previous Venus 12 th  which was just upgraded last year for Pontus money is a first ,

the same holds true for the new Venus 15 ,last years Terminator12, The New Terminator15  was the Upgraded Terminator plus , without charging Any increase in $$ in fact your saving well over $1k per product .and all were tuned even more so ..it’s a great strategy ,for each model can compete very well with the competition in their respective price categories.

Don’t let that one salesperson ruin your experience.  There are a lot of highly qualified and experienced audio sales people around who are willing to add value to your purchasing journey.  

My take: two-fold on your dealer salesman’s uber-crass and uber-insulting response,

(1) I would only have one thing to say your dealer salesman: it is the slang profane pejorative embodied in GENESIS 9:7.

(2) Furthermore, I would not even call him the slang term for a protologist’s subject matter, because  an a****le actually serves a useful function .

"So now I say, maybe enough is enough; because no matter what I have some poster will tell me it's crap and I have to start over. "  

Nothing to see here.  Move along.  (Jedi)