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

Really funny!  Spending this much on audio gear to chase the illusion of perfect sound is something we should all, at the least, view with skepticism.

spending $50K + for a DAC is buying a Veblen good, IMHO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good

p.s. I have spent plenty, but not is this range, and am happy with the system and am done.

Does Audio Note make a $50K DAC? 

That must be a rhetorical question. 😂

It sounds better than the $49,000 DAC…

One reason is I will buy because I can afford it , second audio is my passion .

Interesting fact and interesting journey! 

Thanks for your thread i understand better your intention now ...

It is why i insist on acoustics ... My 1000 bucks system satisfied me after electrical,mechanical and especially acoustical optimization...I am retired but most people dont have the money  as a studio and your friend, nor the time to learn basic acoustics and experiments ... Then they buy costlier gear in an illusory pursuit... Their sound experience will become good with better designed gear and price but they will never reach the optimum peak and certainly not the maximum acoustical peak experience.... Money dont replace acoustics...

My deepest respect enjoy your dac/system ...

lol @larryi

@mahgister I completely agree with you. I am writing my next to next post about that experience. My friend has a professional recording studio, a room on which more $100000 was spent, his pro audio ADC/DAC costs 700$, but never in my life even if I spend a million on audio gear would I equal the sound he gets in his studio.

Looking back, my DAC purchase made very little sense, it’s retail price (I did not pay retail) was more than the rest of my system, which was at the time all Nagra gear (purchased used).

If 50K$ was nothing for me, I wouldn’t have written this post making fun of myself and my silly audiophile decisions. But I agree the way high end prices are rocketing they make you feel like $50K is nothing.