khaos974 wrote:
What is the difference between a well built switchbox and the source selector you have in a preamp?
There is no such thing as either a well built switch box or source selector in a pre-amp. Everything in the signal path that doesn't need to be there, is evil.
The recording process is a compacting process of taking a 3D audio wave, compressing it onto a 2D storage media and then unpacking it again in as undamaged of condition as possible. It's well know in the industry how switch boxes and pre-amps color sound and are chosen because of the type of "color" (distortion) pre-amps add to the end product. It's also well know there are internal differences between pre-amps and these differences are reflected in build quality in the form of everything from solder choices to gold plating, to wire choices and quality of internal parts used to the huge range of price. It's also well known how these processes and internal product choices in manufacturing color the sound. Some might find
this to be an interesting read.
Life isn't a zero sum game and everybody here knows that just because you can't test for and prove somethings existence, doesn't mean it's not there.