Schiit Bifrost vs. the original Peachtree Dac-it

mzkmxcv:  that accuracy agenda is out the window as soon as the recording engineer hooks up a mic.  Accurate to what?  The natural tone and timber of the acoustic event?  The engineer's concept of how it should sound?  The artist's vision of how he/she wants his/her music to come across?

When you add playback systems and varying room acoustics, the idea of "accuracy" becomes absurd.  Everything that comes in contact with the original signal is going to color the sound.  There is no such thing as accurate.

At best, playback systems should be designed for the pleasure of the listener.  That includes colorations of all sorts.  It really boils down to what you want to listen to, and what, for you, best conveys the feelings and emotions of the music.

kahlenz

... There is no such thing as accurate. At best, playback systems should be designed for the pleasure of the listener.

That's a fine preference, but of course it has nothing to do with high fidelity.

Fidelity to what?  What the mastering engineer hears?  Then hook up a pair of Auratone 5c speakers and listen in an anechoic chamber.

With notable exceptions, most engineers master for the average consumer.  No matter how it is mastered, all recordings are destined to be played back in a bewildering variety of systems, usually assembled to the taste of the owner.  Those of us with more revealing systems like to call them "HiFi"s.  It's a matter of semantics.

Mzkmxcv

I think you need to read this

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/review-audioquest-hurricane-part-1

Bo1972 knows about high fidelity

@2psyop

Anyone who thinks a power cable makes any difference is sadly mistaken, any product that has a non-optimal power cord is few and far between and should be considered defective. The only caveat is if you live next to like a radio tower, where you have crazy EMI, which Paul McGowan (who sells >$100 power cords) even admits; but even then, a 20¢ ferrite chocked will fix that. 
 
It’s no different than buying those Brilliant Pebbles that you scatter across your room to reduce reflections.