Weiss 501 DAC

I am sure the folks at Bel Cont, Border Patrol, Bryson, Simaudio, McIntosh….would argue no.

May be the rage for cheap. 
 

Chinese DACs is where it's at now

@jerryg123 Most of those brands will most likely be acquired by the Chinese in the near future. They have already bought many audio companies. As a biker you must be aware they also own Pirelli. Sit back and enjoy the music.

Why I race on Dunlop or Michelin.

Highly doubt any of those companies will be acquired by Chinese.

Quad from the UK is now Chinese owned I understand and Musical Fidelity was recently sold to an Austrian company which is probably Chinese.

It's just the way things are.

Have a look, and I'm not promoting them, at the quality of the DACs they are producing. Holo May, Denafrips and Musetec are the leaders at the moment and they sell factory direct which means a saving of 40-50%.

They are no longer cheap and low quality.

@jerryg123

Tell me please, why do you think that a country that annually graduates about 10 times the number of engineers than we do in the US cannot develop a top of the line DAC?

See Holo, Musetec, Denafrips, . . . . . . . . more to come.  Western producers of over-priced DACs, and we can all name them, look out!