Kondo DAC : Why no reviews ??

Steve, can you please post the MRP of this product ?

They sell all they make and there's a waiting list to boot!

The point is not how much they sell. In fact the fact that they are such a well known, well respected product should attract at least a few reviewers to review the product in their magazines ? I know many of the reviews is actually done only when the manufacturer pursues it with the magazine company and may be even pay some money to these companies or buy ad space in these magazines. But then I hope there are also magazines which take up reviews of a product simply because it is outstanding sonically and that will also add to the value of the magazine. I mean how is it possible that the touted best DAC in the world has no reviews ?????????????? That too made by a manufacturer like Kondo who is there for decades and has the highest pedigree ???????
What is really the blocking factor ?

Dac's being built today can sound as good or better than the Kondo/Audio Note gear at a faction of the $$$.

Know one owner of the AN 4x that can not listen to it as his Lampizator L4 Dac outruns it.

Glory I agree with you that such a thing is possible. But how many such examples do you know ? Lampizator is one, can you add many more to this list ?
The legends like Kondo are one in many decades and if he makes one dac which many consider the best in the world, where are the reviews ???????? Man today even a new pencil has a review on the internet :). We are talking about the best digital audio player in the world....unbelievable

Interesting and surprising !!!
Are there other brands like these ?

Glory, even the price of a Kondo DAC is not easily available on the internet. I read somewhere that it costs about 30k. Far away from my budget. Yes if I ever get to hear one I would definitely write about it. It is interesting that not many have heard it either :-)

There are brands like Zanden, Jadis and few others who all have expensive line up of digital players but I also see a lot of reviews, user reviews and information about these players. Agree that Kondo may not be hungry fro reviews but reviewers ? Are they not interested in a Kondo either ?

Thank you Steve. I am not really surprised by this price because high end hifi has always been this expensive and more. Cables like Nordost Odin, Siltech Emperor etc cost even more :-). I will want to listen to this Kondo DAC at the earliest opportunity, not to say that I an buy one now but just to hear what it can do.