dynamic turtle
Prominent Member
AlecF said:How MF can get away with charging 1 grand and using these in their amps and CDPs is truly shocking. Basically, the parts cost of their analogue sections is about £10. Don't tell me the rest of the gear comes anywhere near to £990..
No, but the cost of all those full page ads and boozy lunches with audio journalists aren't cheap!
There could be 101 reasons why Tosh chose those components. Maybe their golden ears couldn't tell the difference between the two. Maybe Toshiba Corp owns the IC manufacturer! Maybe the former has better reliability? Maybe they had lots of them stored away in a warehouse and were ordered to use them by the "component director"
Who knows?
If they can be replaced with "superior" components, great. If they genuuinely do sound better, and can be changed/upgraded at reasonable cost, then maybe CJ should consider doing so, if it bothers him (rightly so, it clearly doesn't).
DT
I am going down this route with one of my budget universals (Pio 565) as I feel its performance could be improved in certain areas with the addition of superior components. Most importantly, I feel the upgrades offer value for money (£150).