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Kondo DAC : Why no reviews ??

I am surprised that one of the best DACs in hifi, the Kondo DAC has no/very little review in the press. Why is that so ? I dont even get to read more than a few user opinions. What is the mystery ?

Have any of you heard it ? Please share your views on this DAC and how does it compare to other good DACs like the Audio Note 4.1X, Playback Design and the likes ?
pani
sksos1
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They sell all they make and there's a waiting list to boot!
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glory
1,616 posts
 
Dac's being built today can sound as good or better than the Kondo/Audio Note gear at a faction of the $$$.

Know one owner of the AN 4x that can not listen to it as his Lampizator L4 Dac outruns it.
pani OP
1,220 posts
 
They sell all they make and there's a waiting list to boot!

The point is not how much they sell. In fact the fact that they are such a well known, well respected product should attract at least a few reviewers to review the product in their magazines ? I know many of the reviews is actually done only when the manufacturer pursues it with the magazine company and may be even pay some money to these companies or buy ad space in these magazines. But then I hope there are also magazines which take up reviews of a product simply because it is outstanding sonically and that will also add to the value of the magazine. I mean how is it possible that the touted best DAC in the world has no reviews ?????????????? That too made by a manufacturer like Kondo who is there for decades and has the highest pedigree ???????
What is really the blocking factor ?
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