You've been reading too much ASR. Cheap DACs are not outperforming high end DACs.
Well, some of them are in the ASR tests. Where can I see an alternate set of objective measurements that shows they aren't? Or even a well-managed set of subjective comparisons that shows they aren't? By well-managed, I mean all other components are kept the same; volume levels are matched; results are repeatable (that is, the same judgement is reached by multiple listeners for multiple music samples).