Do hi-end DACs offer true value or diminishing return...

I hear some major difference between 3 DACs. 1st, the listener needs to know the sound of the original music.

Steven Wilson - Perfect Life /// Mr. Beasley (unplugged)

These recordings are dubbings. Not live recording and there is no sound from speakers. All 3 DACs have thick veils and those veils will be much thicker with using power amps and speakers. This shows the veil sound started already from the source in hi-end audio.

To my ears,

(best sound) Denafrips Venus II ($4k),

(2nd best) Terminator Plus (10k), and

(3rd) Ares II ($1k).

More expensive DAC is not the better sound because Denafrips company or any audio company don’t know what makes better sound. I hear same veils from $100k dcs DAC combo.

Alex/Wavetouch

We cannot judge dac with popular music , pop, rock etc ...

Because of all mixing and artefacts...

You must choose non amplified classical music...

I dont even use jazz for my test...😊

For sure i listen only classical and jazz....The best for testing is : piano, violin, human voices, cymbal, orchestra, chorus, organ , brass ensemble with cor and tuba... Big drum as turckisch drum and gong...

There is no "veil"  in classical recorded music... We test the "timbre" of the instrument, is it natural or not, realistic or not... We dont test the "veil" rendition... There is none...

I hear some major difference between 3 DACs. 1st, the listener needs to know the sound of the original music.

Steven Wilson - Perfect Life /// Mr. Beasley (unplugged)

These recordings are dubbings. Not live recording and there is no sound from speakers. All 3 DACs have thick veils and those veils will be much thicker with using power amps and speakers. This shows the veil sound started already from the source in hi-end audio.

To my ears,

(best sound) Denafrips Venus II ($4k),

(2nd best) Terminator Plus (10k), and

(3rd) Ares II ($1k).

More expensive DAC is not the better sound because Denafrips company or any audio company don’t know what makes better sound. I hear same veils from $100k dcs DAC combo.

Alex/Wavetouch

mahgister

There is no "veil" in classical recorded music... We test the "timbre" of the instrument, is it natural or not, realistic or not... We dont test the "veil" rendition... There is none...

I respectably disagree. Please point me any classical music live recording of audio equipment (not dubbed) that doesn’t have a veil. Alex/Wavetouch

Perhaps i did not understand what is a "veil"... Anyway i perceived a veil in the two files uyou gave...