Steve Bruzonsky

x2. Durability comes into play a lot when choosing between brands. What better parts do they use in specific?

The high end users and high end magizines always talk about this night and day difference in sound quality over basic receivers and onkyo/integra processors and since the high end does not measure or perform better I always wondered why. The high end always talks about better this and better that but they have no evidence for that position so I guess I am asking if the name and price plays such a huge role in subjective listening that people hear differences that are not there.

I was wondering if anyone had some objective data or even and explanation as to why a high end processor would sound better then a low end processor/receiver. I understand that subjective listening plays a role in what people prefer and that some audiophiles look at audio more as a hobby but is there a hardware reason that impacts sound quality? I am not talking about double blind tests and the side that states everything sounds the same but as of yet I have not found any objective data that would justify this night and day difference. I have searched the internet for sometime and found a profile on photobucket that has quite a selection of photo's, yes some people will know the name but it is irrelevant, I will post them below. Mods if you want to change all the IMG pictures back into a text link that is ok. If you are going to post something along the lines of the high end having a better design or using better parts could you please post some information to clarify those statements. Thank you. Theta digital casablanca III ExtremePremium.jpg Premium-BB-1796-DAC.jpg Premiumclose.jpg Six-Shooter-interior.jpg Theta-3.gif Thetaboards.jpg ThetaCB3.jpg Volume-control-card.jpg Arcam FMJ AVR600/FMJ AV888 arcam-avr600-internal-dsp.jpg arcam-avr600-internal-video.jpg arcam-avr600-modules.jpg arcam-avr600-power-amp.jpg arcam-avr600-powersupply.jpg B&K reference 70 P1010021.jpg Cary cinema 11a Classe SSP-800 SSP800-Board1.jpg SSP800-Board2.jpg SSP800-Board3.jpg SSP800-Transformer.jpg Krell evolution 707 707inside1.jpg Lexicon MC-12 smr_41.jpg Mark Levinson Nº 40 mark-levinson-no-40-ssp-video-proce.jpg Mcintosh MX135 MX136 42080587rx4.jpg HPIM0632.jpg HPIM0633.jpg HPIM0634.jpg HPIM0636.jpg HPIM0637.jpg HPIM0640.jpg HPIM0641.jpg HPIM0691.jpg HPIM0710.jpg mcd500insidetr9.jpg mcintosh-mda-1000-inside-chassis.jpg