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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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tonyrox
33 posts
 

Still a Benchmark fan here.  John Siau can back up the stats with science, and there's no BS in their marketing...and made in the USA.  yes

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squared80
193 posts
 

You wouldn't hear a difference between a $50k DAC and something out of $1000 AVR. Fact.

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mahgister
13,495 posts
 

To hear a difference ask for synergy between gear pieces and a wise control of the acoustic parameters of the system/room...

Purchasing a costlier piece of gear solve nothing....The job begin after...

 

You wouldn't hear a difference between a $50k DAC and something out of $1000 AVR. Fact.

 

ghdprentice
7,753 posts
 

I certainly have been able to easily hear the difference between $1000, $2K, $5K, $8K, $12K, $17K and $22K DACs... I sure don't see why I wouldn't hear the difference in a $50K DAC. 

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mclinnguy
764 posts
 

.".. digital distortions are a-musical, and thus may occur at an analog level, that seem minor to a distortion analyzer, but isn't minor to your version 10,000 evolutionary brain. "

I like this guy. 

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