The DAC Scam - Almost everyone believes the hype

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 $$.  

Jason bourne71  what do you have that so great ?

I can see spending maybe up to $10-$15 k is you have the funds .

these are many really good dacs under $10k . I prefer just dedicated dacs  much less to go wrong .I have 2 dacs that are very good the Denafrips Terminator-15 has that R2R  smoothness and detailed. and a Very musical Swiss dac the Merason dac1 Mk2 which  I have compared to dacs up to $15k  that maybe better in some areas but not all, natural and musical not processed the Merason does in spades  No DSD,,which  is no big deal less then 1% of music is in hirez  and not always better .

I have a 9k DAC a 3k DAC and a ProTools MTRX DAC they all sound good but different, the biggest improvement is using the I2S connector.