What does your DAC sound like

@daveteauk I'm not an ASR believer by any means although I do believe measurements matter. I have a relatively expensive DAC ($5600) and I do believe that there are differences in sound between DACS. I just don't believe most people have the listening skills or ability to fully understand the differences without careful comparisons. Believe whatever you want! It's your money!

Every response I appreciate. 
beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. However the sound signature of a piece does standout. r2R are more relaxed sounding whereas some chips sound bright. 
 

budget wise I have limits . 5k is probably the max unless it’s a piece that can serve well to replace my convergent audio Ultimate mkii preamp. 
 

More important than topology is how that topology is implemented. Yes, some chip dacs can be bright, analytical, others can be relaxed, very analog like sound, I have both R2R and Sabre chip dac at the moment, both very analog like, timbre and timing very much like my vinyl setup. And its not just the dac, same dac can sound very different depending on entire audio system which includes room, ac, and entire streaming setup. For streaming setups timing is critical, the same dac can sound digital or very analog like depending on clocking implemented in network, streamers and/or DDC

Playback Design Dream Dac..all day long.....for sure !!!