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Well, one could always pay big $$$'s for "high-end" fuses---don
I know Fred answered but I'm gonna help him out anyway. The reason the Schiit isn't the most over hyped product here is because it holds second place to the NCore amps.
Bose is the biggest rip off in audio. It's all market suck in. They are even worse then those high priced cables. At least you get cables. With Bose all it is a glorified clock radio of some sort usually. With little tiny rip off speakers attached to it and a whole lot of Bose marketing.
What's wrong with Bose ...? Ripoff ? Bose has never portrayed themselves as nothing more than being Bose ..
DBT is such an improbable road. First, gettin the gear together in an acoustically friendly space, a space that all could relate to as hifi condusive even if it doesn't replicate theirs, spending enough time in the sweet spot with music you are familiar with, associated gear that would resemble yours at home, be acceptable to all listeners with whatever equipment, and I'm sure there are some other things I am omitting. Then, most would reject the findings anyway if they weren't convinced of the writer/reviewers. In The Audio Voice, a small audio mag managed by the fellow that used to manage and publish AUDIO magazine, Gene Pitts, with two somewhat well known reviewers did a DBT with three amps . . a Levinson, an Acoustic Research, and a Beringer. I'd bet five bucks that eight out of ten of you having read it would immediately put it in the trash. We are so convinced that cost equals best is why. The Beringer wasn't best, mind you, just too close not to be considered.
I do believe that cables are highly overrated, also the "Suppose high end audio equipment" You don't need to overspend on audio in order to get a GOOD QUALITY sound. If you know how to marry your component right you can obtain a good sounding audio equipment. But "some" people want bragging rights and status. "Look at me, I have the biggest, most expensive audio equipment I'm the best etc, etc" Those people don't impress me and I actually call those "invididuals" idiots. I purchase some of my equipment "Pre owned" such as my speakers. Meanwhile other components I shop and shopped around for it, at the end of the day my audio system blows my brothers high end audio away and he spent over 30k on it and I spent under 5k go figure!
Remember that outside the hot-house environment of sites like this, the populace at large thinks we're ALL idiots as they plug their buds into their iPod's and walk away shaking their heads... D.D.
