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

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.

If you have to spend $50,000 on a DAC too get great sound ...You have a big problem. I mean if you cant be happy with a DAC from Mytek, Aurender, or DCS you have missed the boat entirely and your not looking for sound your looking for ..."hey look I have a $50,000 DAC" . 

Matt M

Give me two identical room...

In one non treated and without acoustical mechanical control i will put the 50,000 bucks dac...

In the other room i will create an acoustical control  for  the same  system but with 5,000 bucks dac well chosen ...

 Guess which one will sound extraordinary ? 

Investing in gear piece without understanding acoustics is useless ...