The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype

Dac & wire upgrades will mostly be meaningless until you sink some cash into treatments that actually work.

If you room doesn't start to look like some of these examples ...just forget it, i.e. if you are sitting in the living room and subject to divorce if the room starts to look like a high end studio, save your dac, wire, etc pennies and move on.

https://youtu.be/T-ydC9IB0G8?si=LztuIx3nWU-xoQAg

https://youtu.be/tKWAI21G0bc?si=lCtZXcw40hN0KAqU

https://youtu.be/btLXMzAq1_A?si=V0MenTkfVoetKEC0

If you are a DIY/handy guy with construction & lumber, it will be cheaper.

Even the bow wow bow wow moron in the OP's video is bound to have his pants blown off in one of my rooms... But, in whatever crap room he's sitting in with speakers stacked on pizza boxes, the realtek dac in his computer and an Aavik dac shall all sound the same, that would be his unfortunate reality, whatever...

The guy in the YT video is a clown. I use a fpga dac that is highly rated and doesn’t have his so called common dac chips. 
If you relate to what this clown is saying, every house that is made from lumber is the same, every car that uses aluminum and steel are the same, and every tire made out of rubber is the same. I’m glad I only wasted 15 seconds watching that video

YouTube guy’s voice grates a bit like a low-pitched chainsaw. But I stuck with it. He is not talking complete complete BS. He is not very good at math though, unless he is assuming millions of units sold to drive fixed cost per unit down to null when he extrapolates that a top-end AKM DAC should run no more than a few hundred quid despite having an excellent power supply and analog section that engineers sweated over to make sure it sounded right. Throw in a machined case and I’d put that at 1000 clams. Still a far cry from 30K though. So, like I said, not complete complete BS from him. But it is totally uncool to show any FPGA DACs in the original flurry of images if the rant is all about chip DACs.

Sorry but Harry Callaghan said opinions are like arseholes, we’ve all got one we just don’t share them with everyone! I’ve had the Hifi disease now for 50 years, and at the end of the day it’s what sound right to your ears, period

the only unequivocal for me is Welfloat Delta!

no discussion ! 

I've seen so many of these discussions.  End of day, if you can't hear a difference, you are in the wrong hobby, and you are wasting your $$.  

Some of us DO hear profound differences, sometimes sublime differences, and as we can afford to burn money on this hobby...we do.  

Discussions like these are like arguing the best flavor of ice cream, or the 'best' color.  

You need to listen and decide for yourself.  And, I've found it best to not think about it too much or read too much into reviews.  You have to listen. And, if you can't hear a difference, you are in the wrong hobby, and you are wasting your $$.