Best DAC’S $5k to $15k

My vote goes to the Meitner MA3. Very un digital sounding dac with a deep and wide soundstage. 

@axeis1 ,

Munich HiFi 2024 starts tomorrow. Might be a good idea to wait and watch what new DACs are being released.

For r2r DAC - Holo May kte

For fpga - I have found Tambaqui to be better than Dave. 

Absolutely, listen to the Mola Mola. It is the most perfect sounding DAC I have had in my system, but not the most musical, IMO, and so I sold mine.

Your speaker is not musical. You sold the wrong item.

Re the Ayre QX- 5 Twenty: I owed and enjoyed this unit for a few years and

enjoyed it. My Mojo Audio DAC left the Ayre in the dust.