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Chord DAVE, any lesser Chord DAC come close?

I had the opportunity to audition a Chord DAVE in my system for a couple of days and I was very impressed.
Anybody who truly thinks dacs are all the same needs to listen to a true high end model.
However not so impressed with the 10k price tag.
So looking for comment from experienced Chord users if any of their lesser DAC models come close to the magic of the DAVE.
uberwaltz
hornguys
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Jim Smith
dvdboulet
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Nothing in my price range over the past twenty years ever got vocals to my liking until I listened to the Dave and now currently one other dac I just took delivery last week which Im thinking is equally thrilling with stunning realism ive never heard before with any combination of dacs and digital front ends and it’s remarkably less expensive then the Cord Dave .



Can you share the identity of this other vocally-compelling dac? :)
bill_k
961 posts
 
Hopefully the details on this mystery DAC will be revealed...

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in_shore
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I didn’t want to disrupt the OP thread, this dac is part of a stack with streamer and is near completion apparently this November/ .December.

ricred1
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Who manufactures this DAC with streamer? 
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