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how much $$$ to really upgrade my DAC

Been loyal to my Monarchy M24 (upgraded Siemens tubes) + upsampling DIP for a few years now, many in fact. Nothing wrong, upgraditis hitting me. Been reading everything and the contrary about new $1,000 DAC shoebox size (Burson, Wyred, Peachtree and so on) with fancy Sabre chip yet power supply the size of cherry tomato...then I think go Weiss or Esoteric or EMM Lab and break the bank....I know there is only one way to find out but I am curious to hear what others may have done...thanks
PS: I am a PC Audio guy and haven't seen the light on my CDP for 5 years now.
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bigkidz
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You get what you pay for. None of the cheaper dacs out perform the higher priced models especially in separation of instruments and vocals. In my experience that is where the difference begins. Some of the older Museatex Bitstream DACs still out perform all these new $1K dacs.

Happy Listening.
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