What is the best DAC ever made?

>>can someone explain to me the purpose of asking for the best dac, preamp, amp, speaker, cable, cd player ever made<<

It brings the morons out of their spider holes.

For my 2 cents worth I'll say the Wadia 9. Best sound I've ever heard when paired with the 7 transport.

See the Accustic Arts thread for another perspective.

Just discovered this thread....

Thanks Ertugrul for your comments re: Metronome Kalista transport w/kls DAC on similar level as $100k continuum tt. Reviewers and owners have made similar comments that the Kalista is more like a super high-end tt setup than digital. I recently heard similar results ina system featuring Magico Reference loudspeakers.

As a bonus, the Kalista is stunningly beautiful, too.

As Linn demonstrated many years ago, the source component is the most important component in a system.

Tmhaudio fails to disclose he is the distributor for Metronome.

Again.