I wanted to buy the Playback Designs Dream ($24k). I even purchased the PlayBack Designs STREM-IF for $3k which streams into the Dream via PLINK.
However, I bought a Schitt Yggi+ OG DAC until I raised the cash. After a 30-day burn in, I thought I do not need to pay an extra $21k for a bit better. This DAC was amazing, lively, clean, and a bass monster.
The PBD DAC designer and the Schitt DAC designer are not people that buy a chip and put it into a chassis. They both have about 30 years of digital experience and have unique designs in their respective DACs.
I sold my STREAM-IF and also bought the Yggi+ LIM (a warm rolled off DAC) and then converted it to the Yggi+ MIB (less warm and not rolled off). Both of the other 2 DACs are not as loved by me as the OG. Unfortunately, the Yggi+ OG is no longer available due to a part no longer being available.
I state all this because Jason Stoddard of Schitt (not the DAC designer) is touting the new DAC they are releasing in Aug as the best they ever made. I am converting my MIB to this new variant (unheard) called the Byggi. My conversion cost is $1500, and the new cost is $3500 (or more).
BTW - my Yggi+ OG was taken to a headphone meetup in Colorado and compared with the Mola Mola Tambaqui. My friend whose audio ears are incredible told me he liked the Tambaqui a bit more during the test but on a blind test he said he likely would not be able to tell the difference. The headphone used was the RAAL 1995 Immanis, which some consider the best headphone in the world.