Best DAC’S $5k to $15k

I enjoy the Cinnamon Audio Galle dac for $15k.  It is made in Portugal and the design is most interesting and innovative.  Just go to the Cinnamon Audio site and read about it. For me it is the most musical piece of gear I have heard or owned.  It is the heart of my system in that it has changed my listening experience from one of evaluation to pure enjoyment. My system attracts me more to music than it has in the past. Hard for me to put into words the feeling it brings when listening to my system, but it is refreshing and rare based on my experience.  Worth a listen to those with the budget. 

 

@adasdad @axeis1 

You guys have got to try PGGB. I have been doing it on the DSD side; with your converters you would use it to upsample to PCM. It is a component level upgrade-seriously. Speaking of Nick/Wave Audio, I don't know if either of you read the thread I supplied a link to above, but at least check out his post here:

https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/62699-a-toast-to-pggb-a-heady-brew-of-math-and-magic/page/5/#findComment-1127522

@mijostyn same here with the Bricasti, but before long I will get to hear Bill's Cinnamon Galle dac. He has great taste in gear.

I'd like to try different sounding dacs, but it sure gets to be expensive doing so.

@mclinnguy, thanks for the link sir. I’ve heard from more than a few other enthusiasts that they very much enjoy what PGGB gives their systems in sound quality.