$30K DAC in a $70K system - wise or ridiculous?

From: AudioStream web magazine 

❝This ability to present the 3D-image of a recorded vocalist like Sinatra in a startlingly realistic spatial and timbral manner was one of many initial sonic impressions of the LampizatOr Pacific Balanced DAC that, like harshly-lit craters on the lunar surface when viewed at night from Earth, stood out in bold relief to me compared to other DACs I am familiar with❞

https://hivelighter.com/published/e88969a5-cee7-4968-8123-f28ee9362635/index.html

IMHO, it is all about system match, meaning your core gears (including cables) have to be in the same level of performance capabilities. Honestly I felt the $25k DAC is too much an overkill to your other setups. I would match the Pacifica DAC with some top notch cd transport like Esoteric P-0s and top range digital cable. Just my two cents here. 

joshfilm

Totaldac is beeig destroyed on asr for mesuring poorly compared to 300$ dacs and having less build quality than the average diy product...

If you like the sound of your 25k Totaldac, that is fine. But please don’t tell us it is a good value in the audiophile world...it is very far from being that... I would not call it a good value even in a 300k system...

I have a feeling those saying hell no way in hell is a DAC worth 30K haven't lived with one in their system.  If you can't afford it then so be it.  I have been in audio for 20 years and have only gone to about 10K on a CD player or DAC.  I recently got my hands on the DCS Rossini DAC and clock.  I hate to say it but you guys don't know what you are missing.  Don't knock it till you try it.  I have done hundreds of upgrades, speakers, amps, cables you name it.  This thing rocked my world.  

If the OP really has a $70k system and is on HERE seeking input on $30k DACs, then he really deserves the uncertainty of an internet-based purchase decision.

will never begrudge anyone with the means to buy such folly, but will throw a dart here and there at those who have the means but lack the IQ to know what they seek.

$5k on a DAC should do it, mate....that’s MY guess...;-)