Most Extensive State-of-the-Art DAC Survey Ever!

These comparisons just make me laugh.  With 10,000 (?) DACs on the market, who can pick a list of 10 and make the claim "these are the best".  It's all pie in the sky until they start doing everything in a blind test.  And even then I would want some middle of the road equipment thrown into the mix to keep them honest.  But that will never happen?

The guy on this survey clearly states the cheapest ones reviewed are in the 30k to 50 k range. At 10k you're not even in the discussion lol 

No Esoteric included either.

Re the DCS, the Apex upgrade significantly mitigates the tendency to sterility in the DCS sound so he would have hated the pre-Apex Vivalid!

WBF thread on this offers far more context. Note the highly differential setups.

Ron Resnik, co-owner of WBF (whose video is the one posted in the opening post), goes into much more detail... including his personal preferences.

DAC Audition Impressions What’s Best Forum Thread

Davidten I believe MikeLavigne is also one of the founder of WBF , I might be wrong.