A DAC that crushes price vs. performance ratio


I felt strongly that I wanted to inform the Gon members about a new DAC that ranks with the very best on the market regarding performance, but costs around $2,000.00.  The Lab12 DAC1 SE was compared to three reference level DACS that retail for over $12.000.00 in my review for hometheaterreview.com and was at least on the same level sonicly, if not better.  This DAC from Greece is not just "good for the money" but competes with virtually anything on the market regardless of price!

For all the details about the Lab12 DAC1 SE performance and what other DACS it was compared to take a look at the review.  If you are shopping/looking for a new digital front end to drive your system, you owe it to yourself to check this DAC out, unless you like to spend tons of more $ without getting better performance.
teajay
mzkmxcv ,
I, like nonoise, understood, that the people picked the one that measured the worst., as the one they liked.
As usual, this thread has at times deteriorated into a good ol' fashion school yard testosterone-fueled verbiage contest which I sometimes plod on through as I am a masochist at heart.

Oh.... @gray9hound.... thanks for that frequency sweep link. I now know that my 63 year-old hearing apparatus has a fantabulous effective range of about 190 to 9000 hz. What the He!!, might as well just stick with a boom box and sell everything else.
@teajay thanks for posting, I see you're a fan of John Coltrane too. I'm looking for a digital front end that can do his music justice, been looking for 30 years and heard many hi end efforts but no luck yet. Whats the minimum transport i would need to get to makes this DAC sing?
Thanks again!