i don't have enough experience with components so i can't really give comment whether it sounds good or not. if it's sound good to me it's sound good to me and do i willing to pay for that price. to me since i'm not possessed the capability, technical skill, knowledge of acoustic, electrical, stuff like that. the BOM kinda irrelevant to me. even if it's much cheaper than the MSRP, i still won't be able to build it myself. same thing like FR measurement in headphones, i didn't learn acoustic engineering when i was in university, i could only decide by listening to the headphone itself, i can't grasp any sense by reading the measurement chart. but i do understand in engineering the simplest design is better. less variables, more control of the whole thing, less sh** to happen. in applied science it's about effective and efficient to reach the goal, and most of the time that has been achieved by genuinely marvel engineering. it might be very simple inexpensive design but if it's really really good design, you just can't get any better from that. the living proved from this is the buildings in china forbidden city, i watched the documentary how the ancient architectural design and technology being applied to every building in those city could survive an earthquake 10 richter scale, sure it can't survive fire but that still magnificent achievement
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anyway in those link i was posted, the problem is not the amplifier itself but about the money grabbing business practices, in that case. if i really really like the item and i could afford it, i probably bought it. but that rarely happen, most of the time it took me a really long time to decide if i want to buy it or not. everybody has their own thing, people have their own priority. since we are in grado thread.just like grado headphone.some doesn't like the way they priced their headphone,same old technology,just different tuning, cheap packages, same parts being used from their cheapest headphone to their expensive headphone all that.that's all fair and legit arguments. but to me their headphones sound good. i don't like all of their headphones, but the one that i like,i really like it and bought it and it gave me many wonderful listening session and i haven't encountered any problem with grado headphone that i own. so things people have complaint about grado headphones, it's not really bothering me. and since 3 grado headphones i owned still perfectly function that's positive side. that's my priority in audio, it sound good to me, i could afford it, and it could last for a very very long time. that's all what matter to me. some other manufacturers, sometimes it's put me on hold to purchase some of their products. sometimes i genuinely think it's kind like gambling to purchase their products and for me that's really not worth to gambling at( some of you maybe know what manufacturers i have in mind). nothing to be gain in my opinion. what's the point. so some of the info in that link provide the information that might useful or not to others. and it could help for the people to make their decision so they could be happily part ways with their money
in those link, it's not only about the bom and the design but also show the craftsmanship,customer service, some of the unethical practice, etc
for some people who might think this is probably conspiracy theory.this thing really happened sometimes and not just in audio world. in audio, one of the notorious case is the lexicon and mark levinson with his red rose music
http://www.audioholics.com/blu-ray-...-ray-oppo-clone/oppo-inside-lexicon-outside-1
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