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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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squared80
196 posts
 

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

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mahgister
13,576 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
7,777 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
774 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. 

kraftwerkturbo
362 posts
 

No, it not possible. If you don't spend at least $100k for a DAC, there is always a chance someone else may waste more money than you on a DAC, and therefore believes his is better than yours. 

Plus, you already spent $10k for a few feet of cable, now you start skimping on a DAC? Whats next, a power outlet for under $1k? What has the world (of HiFi) come to? Just the THOUGHT alone makes me shiver.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mGg64yHW69obBSKnhwWmUHCUJoUxzbNP/view?usp=sharing

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