Ok, ok, I give up, just tell me what your audio set up is like because I'm intruiged to know.
This is irrelevant, the possession or lack of certain items does not preclude someone from having knowledge about a subject.
And by features, I was just referring to stuff that would make it suitable for professional application.
Like what?
As for the saturation analogy, I meant that colours don't 'pop' on cheaper monitors like mine where everything just looks a bit uninspiring and the contrast ratio makes blacks looms grey when you compare it to more expensive TVs/ monitors.
Again, your issue is thinking that expense determines quality, it's simply not the case.
Lower quality stuff IS cheaper, but it's a correlation = causation issue there.
What you're actually referring to is for example a TN panel versus an IPS panel, where IPS panels are better in terms of image quality. There are plenty of IPS monitors that give better image quality than more expensive TN monitors.
I have 3x 2560x1440 monitors that cost me just over £500, all brand new, they are all IPS and they use the same panels found in the Dell 27" monitors as well as Apple's 27" iMacs and Cinema Displays, which means the image quality will be the same despite my specific screens having cost less for all 3 than a single one of Dell's or Apple's displays.
My point is that what determines quality is the parts that are used, not the expense of something, and that you shouldn't judge or assume something to be of a higher quality just because of the price tag.
I understand WHY you do it, because products are marketed that way, but in truth it's largely not the case, which is why when for example you look at some AV receivers, the more expensive ones have more features to distinguish themselves from the lower priced ones, because there isn't actually an audio quality difference, so they have to give people a reason to feel compelled to spend that little bit more.
As I said above, modern amps that have sufficient enough power output to power the speakers that are connected, will sound the same at the same volume. If you have speakers where the amp doesn't have enough power to drive the speakers properly, then a more expensive (as per above, they limit power output in cheaper amps) amp will sound better as it's able to adequately drive the connected speakers.
However this isn't something that is particularly common unless you're comparing an amp that's designed to power bundled tiny satellite speakers (like those BD/DVD player 5.1 surround sets you can buy) to a proper AV receiver that is designed to power and handle large floor standing speakers. However, both amps with the tiny satellite speakers, at the same volumes, would sound the same. Ergo, it's all about power output and speakers than DACs, amp "quality" and price.
This is the sort of stuff they cover in the Tek Syndicate video I linked.
