The law of diminshing returns?


Came across this article today, just wanted to share it for your perspectives. https://hometheaterhifi.com/blogs/expensive-dacs-what-exactly-are-you-getting-for-the-money/

raesco

It’s actually quite sad that such an uplifting thing as our quest to enjoy the beauty of music as much as possible is dragged down by such a vulgar consideration as money.

@kerrybh 

I'm with you on your first paragraph, but you lose me after that.

Surely, one man's doubling of performance is another man's achieving incremental gains. As far as I am aware, there is no objective way of determining which man is correct.

It's a matter of quality not quantity. There's no such thing as a sound quality meter.

@newton_john  I agree with you, I think we are saying the same thing although I may not have articulated it very well. The point I was trying to make is that people in the hobby have a different stopping point for the resources they are willing and/or to invest to achieve what to them, is subjectively better performance. And that’s an individual thing where there is no objective right or wrong- just a matter of how we, as individuals, assigned value.