DAC’s


Hello, curious on everyone’s thoughts. I’m still building my system. I came across a really good deal on a Meitner MA3 dac. It’s from an authorized dealer and they offered to sell me one NIB for 7k. I have read and read about dacs and I am getting tired. Haha. I really like the Denafrips Terminator 2, Holo and the lumin T3 being the cheapest of them all. Once I factor in a streamer I am already close or over the 7k. Also I don’t need a dac for anything other then just streaming. Thank you 

shtr74sims

@jerrybj that is some serious research with hilarious quotes. What did you do? Tortured some ASR minion to get it all? LMAO

woosah dude it’s not worth it. 

@cakyol :

In my opinion, you could get a Chord Qutest for about 2k, which is one of the best DACs around, and save about 5k.

Believe me, you will never hear the difference, especially not worth a price differential of 5k, even if you have better hearing than the creature in the movie "A Quiet Place".

By that same logic, why spend $2,000 for a Chord Qutest, when you can get a “competently built” China DAC for ten TIMES less that? No?

You will not hear any difference anyways….. As YOU say

 

 

 

@audphile1

The comments above have been posted by just one person on this site...

My favourite was them telling some respected members numerous times to go bang their head against a corner wall.

@david_ten Thank you for the mention! @shtr74sims I just reached out directly through PM and am happy to chat. 

Even though personally I do not notice much of a difference between a <$100 iPad dongle and a 2$k DAC I find it all pretty interesting.

What does one listen for to hear the difference?
Is it cymbals, or woodwinds, or what??

Or is it the Spotify stream coming through the iPad to begin with that is the issue making it sound largely the same?