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

erik_squires Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 16,644 posts 04-15-2025 at 11:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It would need to have at least 10 cabinets per side. Half dedicated to power reproduction, then 2 128 CPU servers with 4 nVidia 5090s to use AI to re-imagine the music at a billion samples per second with 256 bit resolution. I mean seriously, if your DAC didn't cost half a million and raise electricity prices for the rest of the state do you even like music?