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

Remember the old TV commercial where a beautiful female model looks straight into the camera and states "Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful?"  Well, the same applies to our more well-heeled audiophiles.  Don’t hate, or question, or resent our wealthy audiophiles just because they can afford to spend huge amounts of money on high end audio, and you can’t (myself included), LOL!!!  There’ll away be......"The Haves and the Have Nots in every market, including high end audio.  That Ferrari costs $375K.  Do you get angry every time you see someone driving one?   Thankfully, nowadays, in modern high end audio, excellent sound quality can be had at every price point.  But, you can always dream.  Happy listening.  

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

@Jasonbourne71 - respectfully, it would be better if you used your ears.

@kennymacc It is one thing to have 50K for a DAC and it is another to buy one. And hate or envy has zero to do with it.

@kennymacc +1

The mention of high dollar gear sure brings out the annimosity in these threads. I don't understand the point.  Where do people think the trickle-down technology that goes into mid-priced gear comes from? Somebody has to buy the high-priced stuff or designers wouldn't be able to fund their time and costs necessary to bring us upgraded technology.  Is some of that money going for the name-brand, prestige, bragging rights, and bling factor - sure. However, as already pointed out, that is just the way it works with almost anything.

To quote the TV commercial for dog food:

”What are we doin’ here?”