@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