Best DAC Under $5000 - Opinions Please

Anyone have any thoughts? I am on the great DAC hunt and need to get a list together of DACs to audition. Thanks...Mike

mriggs23ff10-27-2000 7:38pm

dolphin Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 142 posts 10-28-2000 at 12:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Befor you buy, go listen to a Muse Model 9 signature, or their 296 DAC.
joe2001 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7 posts 10-28-2000 at 01:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Still one of the best DACs under $5K is the Threshold DAC-1E. Compared many different DACs and this one contiues to sound best and come out ahead.
1953 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 140 posts 10-28-2000 at 01:44pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Second the Muse Model 9 Signature player. I've had mine for about a month now and it keeps getting better. Shows me just how GOOD red book CD can be. Also plays DVDs and 24/96 recordings. If you try it, use a really good passive line "stage" like the Reference Line series.
roger Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 27 posts 10-28-2000 at 02:25pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete try the dodson 217 or the audio logic 2400 tube dac
hk2dc40 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 19 posts 10-28-2000 at 03:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete the swiss product 'Ensemble' DAC is also one of the best. I have auditioned both Mark Levinson 360S and Ensemble and I would choose Ensemble for its noble sound. 360S is too smooth and does not have good dynamics.