8 Reasons why you should buy an $50,000 DAC

Does Audio Note make a $50K DAC? 

A reality is the the Hardware to produce the DAC will be comparative as a BOM to DACs that come with a much lesser retail price.

Is the R&D cost for the DAC and a follow up expectation of a low volume of sales the substantiation for the retail price selected?

Has the Design for the Housing for the DAC been produced in a unusual method and being bespoke, rare and quite unique, adding considerable cost to the overall end cost?  

Is the Volume of Air within the Chassis classed by the Company as being priceless, but in this case, by substantially undercutting the price that was intended to be realised, a concerted effort has been made to help it become affordable to a larger collection of customers?   

Reason #9 - You can afford to drop 50K on a piece of audio equipment.  What else are you going to do with the money?  Give it to charity? 

The only reason to put out $50K or more on a DAC or digital system is if it has the sound quality to justify it and you are able.  There are plenty of DACs/digital front ends/combos the sell for well in excess of $50K.  Yes, I know there are lots of affordable DACs coming from across the pond that are affordable and sound pretty decent.  But don't be fooled into believing that they sound anywhere near as good as some of the justifiably expensive digital components available today.  Can digital components in excess of $50K to $375K be considered a good value.  You bet they can, if the performance is at another level of sound quality.  One such example is the Master Fidelity NADAC D (DAC) and NADAC C (Clock).  This may sound like a shameless plug, but the sound performance of this combo is unlike anything I've ever experienced.  It's an experience to hear them playing my favorite tracks.  And the combo, while not pocket change, sells for $55K.  It's the best value I've yet experienced in the realm of digital audio.  From my experience it bests the uber expensive players in the industry (which are admittedly very good).

Another reason is that you did not have the scratch to buy a $100 k DAC.