Chord DAVE, any lesser Chord DAC come close?


I had the opportunity to audition a Chord DAVE in my system for a couple of days and I was very impressed.
Anybody who truly thinks dacs are all the same needs to listen to a true high end model.
However not so impressed with the 10k price tag.
So looking for comment from experienced Chord users if any of their lesser DAC models come close to the magic of the DAVE.
uberwaltz

Showing 7 responses by uberwaltz

Kudos to In_Shore for their attitude towards this thread and staying on topic!
Thank you indeed, does not happen as much as it should nowadays and I am guilty of that as well!
Say what??
2.5k for a stand???
Is it 24k gold??????

That's just this side of plain silly imho.
I have a few responders to myself from this thread that I am sure would love to take your 5k.
Then maybe they could give it to me to go towards a Dave.....
Thx Nitewulf
Heard from a friend that headfi was the inplace for the Chord dac gang
Going to have to take a look....