The "Best" DAC is kind of the issue. First, I don't know what dac is in the Vault, 2nd, I've had 2 different audio shop suggest dacs - one ( I think the T&A 200) also had a pre-amp and its over $7000. Another place suggested an $800 Hugo, That's quite a big difference in price. I don't want to go cheap, but I also don't want to spend $&k if I don't need to.
Also, not every audio shop has every brand so its hard to compare dacs. I can try ordering a few, comparing them on my system, and then return all the ones I don't like. But I hate to order stuff I know I'm going to return.