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What's the greatest bargain in DAC's these days?

Hi, Gang,
I am currently running my Music Hall CD 25.2 CD player as a transport through my Musical Fidelity M1 DAC. I also have the Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 for playing hi-res files from the USB port on my laptop.
DAC's are such a fast-moving market segment that I started to wonder whether there was a "stupid good" DAC, even better than the MF M1 DAC, that could be had for well under $1000.
I started a thread in the Amps/Preamps forum called "What's The Greatest Bargain in SET These Days" that yielded tons of great info. I hope this thread does, as well!
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blackstonejd
153 posts
 
I think the QB-9 DSD has great price/performance.
wisnon
700 posts
 
Shubert, no love for Swiss audio? I guess that is even more detrimental to the wallet! LoL
schubert
7,386 posts
 
No Wisnon, I'm holding out for T+A , MBL system with one of those 50K German TT's .
Seriously, go to Berlin or Munich audio shows. You'll want to go Deutsch too.
marqmike
838 posts
 
The Sim Audio's Moon 300D version 2. Awesome. Music direct has them at half off.
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dtc
1,047 posts
 
Chord Hugo and Chord 2Qute. The Hugo is their portable DAC that also sounds great in a home environment. They just announced the 2Qute which is the Hugo board in their small desktop box without the portable features but with added galvanic isolation. The Hugo is $2400 and the 2Qute will be $1800. Chord does not use standard DAC chips but writes their own code. Supports up to 384K PCM and 1x and 2x DSD. Hard to beat at those price points.
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