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In what price range do I need to go for a Dac ?

I have the Simaudio Moon Series: 260D CD Player BurrBrown PCM1793 high-resolution 24-bit/192-kHz DAC. Formally the MOON CD-1.
In what price range do I need to go for a Dac to better this player?
Just curious.
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photon46
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What do you mean by "better?" What aspect of the Simaudio is lacking and what sonic attributes do you want to accentuate? We all value different things, so if Esoteric's sound lights your fire, Audio Note isn't going to cut it, etc.
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bhobba
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Not knowing that DAC its really hard for me to say but at about $2k or a little under there are a number of DAC's I would put in the upper echelon such as a Tranquility SE and PDX. The Metrum is about $1K but you need something like an Audiophellio 2 or Off-Ramp to really unlock it and that raises the price to about that level.

Shameless plug - I have a level 1 USB only PDX available for $1.8K if you or anyone is interested:
http://www.lenehanaudio.com.au/index.php/products/pdx-usb-dac.html

I am in Australia though so the cost of getting it to the US where most people seem to be could be high.

Thanks
Bill

trip OP
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I would like to know what would give me everything the Sim does and more, dynamics etc etc.
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