Abstract: I get it, constantly experimenting with new products can be the point of high end audio––it's the journey and not the destination and all that. Still, whenever I or someone I know adds some new component to a system, there's always this momentary anxiety...
Abstract: Truth is, high-end audio is an ongoing journey, and no amp or speaker (or cable, DAC, audio codec, whatever!) is indisputably the best way to "really" listen to music. I resist the siren call of others to follow them to yellowed pages of Listener magazine...