What is the best DAC ever made?

Dodson 218. With a ref Audio Mods modded CEC TL-iX, I have heard nothing better.

Neal

the new Accustic Arts-NEW 66/1036 dac coming out this summer .
I found this out in Vegas .This will be tightly guarded and patented.From what I hear this one will smoke the competition

Nglazer...I agree with you regarding the Dodson DA-218 (although a disclaimer that I am a Dodson dealer). But trying it with a Weiss Jason transport was simply amazing (I run my DA-218 with an Oracle transport, which does an excellent job, but the Weiss did things I didn't think were possible)...

I originally was using the Wadia 32 and later DAC's with a PS Audio Lambda II transport. I switched to the Mark Levinson 36S (then to 360) with a great improvement. Now I have an Accuphase DC-61 as the DAC and an Aloia CDP 11.01 as transport. I was looking merely for equipment that would decode 44.1, since I have about 10,000 CD's. If you want to decode SACD or DVD audio, there are plently of all-in-one players out there. Because of this muddle, it is possible to pick up very high end DAC's that only do red book for pennies on the dollar. Genesis Digital Lens and Whest Audio DAP 10 are also in the chain.

How about the KSL-DAC by Audio Note Japan (Kondo)? I've seen it, but I don't know anyone who has actually heard it or own it. Beautiful piece but way out of my price range.