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In Reply to: Question to all the objectivist who don't trust their own ears posted by gme109 on April 6, 2011 at 08:59:28:
So the Bryston BDA gets good ratings from both Stereophile and TAS. I bought a bunch of Bryston and added in the DAC unheard (the dealer had only the BCD in stock and no BDA.
So I get it and stick it in. Hear no difference from my old tweaked Adcom GDA700 which i bought used for $250 and is over ten years old.
I figure break in. then a start trying to switch stuff around wondering WTF?
I am wondering if the whole Bryston system is a limiting factor? (after all, the Bryston DAC got the "A")
So after a week I get the Bryston phono box BP1.5 and straight up it is wonderful. (I actually cried from relief taht the Bryston stuff in general was a great choice. the sound from the Phono exceeded my expectations)
So at that point I realize the new DAC is nothing.
I take it back for a refund. (and I teied it with various transports including a SCd777ES as transport, various cables .. The Bryston DAC just never sounded any better that my old Adcom DAC.
So I was the victum of a form of expectation bias: the Bryston DAC HAD to sound better. (after all it was Class "A" rated and highly recommended by TAS too.) I just would not give up trying to find that 'better sound' and finally returned it telling the dealer something had to be wrong with the DAC!!
After the dealer said it was working correctly, i declined a second copy to try, and got my money back.
I was really expecting the product to perform, and was seriously let down.
Also when ii had the chance to compair an Audio Research Sp-10 to an ARCSp-15. The SP-15 was way better to my ears than the SP-10. When everyone says the SP-10 is the golden haired child. I chaled it up to the crummy tubes when I sold the SP-10. But really IMO the SP-15 is a better product.
So I think with my reading of reviews sometimes, i accept some stuff they say. So in taht sense I am a bit gullible, but when the sound hits my ears, I go with my ears.
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