What the Best Dac have you heard or owned. How could you tell it was that good.

Playback Designs MPD-8.

It simply plays music at the highest level of enjoyment.

I no longer think about anything but the music. It's the last DAC I plan on owning.

OP, you work for Infigo Audio. Bit disingenuous (but par for the course here I suppose) for you to ask your question and then answer with the brand you work for.

I owned many Ayre products -Codex, QB 9 Twenty, as well as much of the Schiit line. I got very lucky and scored a Brinkmann Nyquist II used. 

The QB9 is plenty good, but the Brinkmann is just has that little bit of clear sparkle. I honestly didn't want to spend that much, but got tired of just making little jumps up in fidelity. Now I have my grail DAC.

Bob

My brother has the latest DCS Rossini $40k 

but I have heard their 3 box$100k setup which is great but Waay over priced.

to be totally honest the T+A 200 dac $7200 retail ,I still am saving for ,having built a addition to the house and now have to do many upgrades and landscaping has destroyed my plan by over a year,being married sometimes many compromises at times.The T+A 200 dac  Per value and sonics by many The best dac under $15k I stand behind this .

please note to obtain these results you need a quality LPS from the router

linear tube audio by far the Best Buy at $700 with excellent DC cable to router,

then 2 quality Ethernet cables the most important cable without question is at the end point. In between a solid Ethernet switch . I only spent $600 the lhy sw8 bar none gives the most value vs anything under $1k , a $3k Ansuz is far better still.

best Ethernet cable  bargain as good or better then my $1300 AQ Diamond in many  areas

Sablon $400 and nothing in that class better  at this price. Everything in the Chain counts .I still have a system to go but the quests continues.I am hoping to upgrade my entire system within the next year. Having owned a Audio store I have made lots of contacts and go to many audio clubs and get togethers getting more and paying much less $$ is now paramount being older and hopefully wiser. For $50k I can can now build a very good system that 5years ago would be over $100 k.

to me That is progress. The Denmark audio group has fantastic products.

the Borrensen X line is exceptional .the x3 Loudspeaker is on my very short list 

their X1 monitor for $5500 exceptional by any standard. Their new budget Axxiss line for $5500 dac,streamer 100wpc integrated and up to a 2T SS hd astounding much  better then it should for its price point.. Class D technologies have come a long way. AAviv is their upper line.theI280 integrated is the sweet spot in their line up I hope this helps others looking for not only digital but the other factors needed to getting digital to sound at it’s best.

I’ve had a few DACs over the years. My latest, a Mola Mola Tambaqui is my end game in terms of quality vs price. A great sounding DAC that involves you in the music.