Many $10,000 DACs are measurably inferior to a $9 Apple USB DAC. Start be crossing all those off the list. The Apple DAC is actually insanely great, the best p

Many $10,000 DACs are measurably inferior to a $9 Apple USB DAC. Start be crossing all those off the list. The Apple DAC is actually insanely great, the best price/performance ratio of any bit of new audio equipment ever. They are not particularly mechanically well-made, though, and can easily be broken from repeated bending. In a real world level-matched double-blind ABX test, $9 wins.