TPSRA
500+ Head-Fier
Excellent review
I wonder what is the true price for Tobby&Bobby?
I wonder what is the true price for Tobby&Bobby?
Excellent review
I wonder what is the true price for Tobby&Bobby?
I saw this link on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Firestone-Audio-Tobby-192k-D-A-Converter-DAC-/121047084821
Pretty awesome price; no idea how reliable that seller is, though.
whoa John.... first you call it perfectly competitive in its price range and now you say it is close to a $9000 CD player....make up your mind. All jokes apart, I wish I had the money right now to get my hands on the extremely sweet deal from hidef lifestyle. At $500, it is almost as if they forgot the MSRP.
I feel DACs as a segment have progressed exponentially in the last 3-4 years and your observation just highlights how much improvement there has been in the price-performance ratio of the segment in general. Maybe it is time you start reviewing a slightly lower segment of DACs between $400-800 (i.e, i am pushing my own agenda on the side).
Totally agree. There are certainly older DACs out there that sound quite good, and some of them are nice values on the used market. But for true high-end, state of the art sound, the newer stuff is just better, period. My Resonessence Invicta at $4k is way better than some of the more expensive players and DACs I've owned in the past from MBL, Esoteric, Mark Levinson, Theta, Lexicon, and others.
I have covered a decent number of units in that price range. I've done the Yulong D100 (original and MkII) and D18, the Parasound Zdac, the Resonessence Concero, the Matrix Quattro.... most of them are nice for the price. Upcoming reviews in the segment include the new Asus Xonar STU and the upcoming Concero HP. You can get a lot of bang for the buck even at $400 or so.
I know you have John....you do an absolutely great job with your reviews and my favourite part are the comparisons which are just invaluable. I was just getting extra greedy...LOL
It's nice to see review base on their original MSRP.
You see, I live in Taiwan, where Bobby&Tobby both sale at their half price, around 400$
But that leads to few people here can see their ture potential, because the elder audiophile isn't really interesting in DAC in this price range.
It's nice to see review base on their original MSRP.
You see, I live in Taiwan, where Bobby&Tobby both sale at their half price, around 400$
But that leads to few people here can see their ture potential, because the elder audiophile isn't really interesting in DAC in this price range.