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Decent DAC under $10k anyone?

My must have requirements are:

-word clock input from master clock support
-AES input

I'm using Esoteric D-05 right now. Tried Weiss Minerva/DAC202 and dCS and Emm labs stuff under the price point but doesn't sound satisfy enough to make changes. I wonder if there's any new model worth trying now.
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tmsorosk
1,013 posts
 
I recently purchased the Audio Research DAC8 , it has the least amount of digital artifacts of any I heard at any price .
pani
1,049 posts
 
BMC Transport DAC combo.
jrinkerptdnet
426 posts
 
not sure you need to spend anywhere near $10k to get a "decent" DAC ... but if you have the $$$ I guess it is all relative
pmshow
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Out of my range of dollars but from reading many articles etc. it seems like the Weiss DAC202 is one of the best out there and what unit many folks compare to.
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hi5harry
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Do some research on the Empirical Audio Overdrive. Then take the rest of the money and jump into computer audio and use the usb input. If you like what you hear, get the Monolith battery supply for the dac. It's a very relaxing sound for digital.
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