Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:10:20 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:



Now that *would* be an improvement! Of course, spousal replacement can
be *very* expensive..................


more expensive than a new pair of ESLs?
Now that would be expensive ...


Clearly, you have never consulted a divorce lawyer! Around here, you
can have the bitch 'taken out' *much* more cheaply................



'taken out'? Whoops, I think I have watched Pulp Fiction one too many times.



The current bid is now AUD$222 ... with 4 days to go, I expect it to go even
higher. Damn it, I have myself to feed!

Hmmm, wonder if this excuse will work ... "but it cost less than your last
shopping trip! And it comes in a nice shiny black case"

Always worth a try, and the Audiolab is certainly worth AUD $5-600, as
it's beautifully engineered and has impeccable design credentials.

There has been a Meridian 203 DAC that is always on sale at a local
hi-fi shop for AUD$400. I have seen it at the shop, it was sold, and now
it is back for sale at the same price!


Well, it would be easy to do a blind, time synched comparison between the CD
player's analogue output and the DAC's analogue output (not sure if any level
matching will have to be done, after all, aren't all line level outputs the same?)


No, they certainly are not! The 2V standard output is only 'nominal',
I've seen up to 3.6 volts out of some players.

Wished it was a proper 'standard', would make comparisons easier!