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Best price range on DAPs/amps/headphones/IEMs
This question has been on my mind for some time; it's a broad question but I hope we can find some easier and helpful answers for people in the search for their endgame. Is there a best value-for-money/bang-for-buck/Goldilocks-zone price range for: 1) digital audio players 2) digital to audio...- k273
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- amps audio quality best price dacs daps headphones iems price quality sound quality
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- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations
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"Diminishing Returns" and the Price-to-Performance Ratio of High-End Gear
A Youtube channel called "Tek Syndicate" made a video back in 2014 debunking audio myths and mentioned amps and headphones in the second part; they said that the point of diminishing returns for an amp is $300 and for headphones that it is $500. However, this was 5 years ago, and both amps and...- TronII
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- amp headphone price price drop speaker
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- Forum: Sound Science
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What makes the price of a DAP?
(I don't know if this is the right place for such a thread, if not feel free to move it) So, today I was looking for great DAP in the sub-300$ range, and I ran into a review about the Cowon Plenue V which stated it was using a CS43131 chip (a DAC + amp combo). As written in this same review...- ClementNerma
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- dap price question
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- Forum: Portable Source Gear
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Noise on one IEM i recently got
Hello everyone I'm here because im looking for help or some advice on what i could get or might need, i recently bought an IEM from Massdrop it was the Noble x Massdrop IEM and i mean i feel the price was nice and great look to it as well, but recently i started using it with my Schiit Fulla 2...- musicalychallenged
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"Moore's Law" for headphones? Speed of technology?
Can anyone help me out with this question? I've looked all over for it and can't find anything. Is there a "Moore's law" for headphones? Meaning, how quickly does headphone technology/quality improve each year? Are $100 headphones today on par with $200 headphones from 5 years ago? Everytime I...- Joseph Dillman
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- improvement price quality technology
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- Forum: Introductions, Help and Recommendations