The best DAC for the money

The dAck! battery powered dac is a nice sounding unit at $400. You can demo one with a $50 deposit, although the waiting line is a bit long for demo models. I took a chance and purchased one outright and am very glad I did.

Hi Viggen,
I had almost given up listening to cds before I got the dAck!. I had the MSB linc dac and found it hard to listen to more than a few songs before listener fatigue set in, which had me going back to vinyl my primary source for serious listening.
Since I got the dAck! I find I can listen for hours without any fatigue what so ever.
The battery issue doesn't really bother me to much since I can always listen to a LP while the dAcks! batteries are charging. The manual says it takes 45 minutes to charge but I find they fully charge in about 20 minutes.