Is it possible to find a good DAC for under $50, 000?

Apparently, the good folks at The Absolute Sound have you covered.

(Audiophiles are never going to shed their out of touch reputation with journalism like this. I'm sorry, but it's just so tone deaf.)

hilde4504-11-2025 4:29pm

deep_333 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,912 posts 05-06-2025 at 04:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @hilde45 Tom Martin’s a great reviewer..To be fair, how else is he going to talk about this item? Blame the guy who set the price at 50k for his li’l dac box, not Tom on this one. Blame this guy
deep_333 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,912 posts 05-19-2025 at 04:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If you don’t get this bottle of Remy Martin for 150k and wake up with a hangover the next day....you haven’t really lived. (I would have definitely spat in the barrel to make it real special...if i had worked at Remy Moomoo a 100 years ago, something to be aware of) https://caskcartel.com/products/louis-xiii-de-remy-martin-black-pearl-grande-champagne-cognac-1-75l To use an analogy, I can taste the difference among a $12 bottle of wine, a $25 bottle, and a $100 bottle. But I don’t enjoy the $100 bottle enough to be worth the cost. (I’d much rather find a nice $15-$20 bottle, and enjoy it for its taste and its good value.)