What is the best DAC ever made?

I've compared Berkely with AA Tube DAC and Emmlabs DAC2.
AA DAC in compare with Berkeley is just bad.
DAC2 is very close to Berkely, but a bit "digital" in the midrange in compare.
Interesting to compare with DCS Scarlatti.
I think it is the only real competitior for Berkely.

Very interesting comparision!
I don't think that it is because of different taste as we was 4 people comparing this DACs.
May be it is system compatibility issue.
In my system AA Tube DAC sounded very bright.
Resolution was very high, but soundstage was desintegrated!
Highs was even irritated.
This two completely different results only means that you need to compare them in your own system.

Dev, I know that AA Tube DAC is better than many.
But Berkeley and Emmlabs in another league.
After comparision in my system, we did it in another and result was the same. I strongly recommend you to try one of this DACs.
Tomorrow I'll have a chance to compare them with dCS Scarlatti.

Hi Dev,

When I say "bright" or "desintegrated", I mean in compare with...
Guy who bring Tube DAC said that this DAC is best he ever heard.
But after comparision in my system and than in his own, he agreed with me. So, this is just good expirience for you to think to try to compare.
As for me, after Emm and Berkeley I'm moving to Scarlatti.
All the rest sound poor in compare!
For my taste.

Dev, you right! AA had stock tubes and cable was just ordinary, but we used the same for Berkeley.
I believe that we can say something about component only in compare with another. Or sometime we say in compare with something we heard before. Like, best I've ever heard. And the question is what you really heard? Yesterday I said Berkeley is the best, Today I'm saying dCS is the best, may be tomorrow I'll find something better and it will be my new reference. This is all about your personal expirience, I believe.