Why I sold my $50,000 DAC ...

@tonyrox  I bet the S4's were painted black very slippery and we had to pyrmid

them to stack them up, then another i don't remember their name but the used straps with clips that went into the handles on each side to fly them in the air.

@essrand

You reported that the 'cheap' ADA had over 20 channels.  Can you recall how many output channels were in use?

Sorry, no idea. @richardbrand 

I’m not a measurement snob by any means but I would surmise a 300k dac is in some ways pretty “colored”. At 300k it better sound different. 

@essrand 

Can you recall how many output channels were in use?

The reason I ask that was a bee in my bonnet that says the easiest way to improve sound reproduction is to add more channels.

It was not long after stereo (2-channel) LPs were introduced that 4-channel records came out.  Then SACD added 3 or 4 channels to CD's 2 channel, and Blu-ray Audio extends that to seven channels of high resolution PCM.  Later formats like Dolby Atmos extend the number of virtual channels to 32.