Holographic DAC With Air And Decay

Look for a preowned BRYSTON BDA-3. You will see one go up every now and then. 

I am a member of aBig Audio club , I Sell Denafrips R2R dacs and products ,I hear most everythung out there ,that’s why I took on this line excellent sonics and value.

 this New Pontus  Gen-15  dac. Retails  for only $2k and built better then Anything at $3k , don’t take my word for it  look at this $3k Venus ,then the Pontus 15 

the Pontus is  exactly the same build ,they discontinued the Venus , with a better Venus coming out in Nov , dual decks 2 Big independent 80VA transformers for the D&A conversion ,not just one . 005 tolerance resistors , dual TCOC clocks 

very expensive white Evox capacitors from Japan. The sonics and build are without peer at its price point  just compare several rave reviews coming out soon .

Denafrips has certainly been "the" DAC for the last two or three years.

It might be fact of the sheer number of them in the field but there

always seems to be an abundance of used models for sale. I'm trying 

the Mhdt Orchid which is quite a pleasant listen.

This forum.....

When the pundits post "try ________" I am reminded of an Arby's sign advertising "try our new New York corn beef Reuben". 

The truth; it is not the role of a DAC, nor is it realistic to expect any DAC to provide holography, air, or decay. Those attributes come from two things-the recording and the loudspeakers. Everything in between can only screw it up. But add it? Nope. Btw, most DAC's do screw up decay due to the necessary time domain filtering. So if you don't want to SCREW UP decay, look for a non-filtering DAC. And remember, there are always compromises in the pursuit of recreating music in the home, regardless of price. 

@fsonicsmith  You nailed it. Not even the dealers lurking here had that bit of knowledge.