Who/what is this SBGK?
Carbon Fibre brakes are good. They're expensive, which irritates people - but they are an inherently better component. If you make things with components that are better, it will be more expensive. This is axiomatic, and inevitable. They will not be 10x better although 10x more expensive.
Only a fool would say we understand everything there is to know about digital audio now and forever. There will be a new Squeezebox along in a minute that washes 'whiter than white'....
But making a computer sound better is a very simple matter of applying better components: there's no FUD about that. Sometimes 'better' is free. Sometimes - particularly with power supplies - TANSTAAFL.
You can't ignore subjective viewpoints, though you can of course subjectively choose not to agree with them! With regard to audio being engineering, that's true up to a point: it's also an art: its most experienced practitioners will tell you that measurements have to be combined with subjective, trained listening.
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