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Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000?

Apparently, the good folks at The Absolute Sound have you covered.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItR8Z6CCWE

(Audiophiles are never going to shed their out of touch reputation with journalism like this. I'm sorry, but it's just so tone deaf.)

hilde45
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2psyop
1,839 posts
 

I could not pay over $2500 for any DAC. I begin to question my own sanity and how ridiculous the cost of my audio system is at that budget. In many ways (not knocking others here) I find the significance of my stereo is not that great compared to other things in my life.  $50k range would go to an automobile, roof on my house, siding on my house, college funds etc. Not a single DAC.

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gbryant
90 posts
 

For the 97%

Buying used... you can put together an entire system for $10k... and it will sound very good in a treated room. If you can afford $30> $50k it will sound great!

The new ridiculous pricing for equipment and speakers is BS... it's fine for the 3% to spend a million bucks to impress their friends ... if they have friends... 

 

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lordmelton
1,051 posts
 

I just heard the DCS Lina DAC and Clock with a pair of Nordost Odin Gold digital cables.

Very nice but $50k+ for the combo.

Money would be better spent on a really good pre-amp, speakers and cables.

gano
630 posts
 

anyone who has 50K for a DAC, lives in a different world. 

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jasonbourne71
1,417 posts
 

The only way to tell a $50K DAC apart from a sub - $1K DAC is with your eyes.

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