TOP 5 DACs
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The various DACs listed below are our subjective picks for the top DACs in the world, based upon our reviews. That said, the list is dynamic and as we review new DACs that we feel deserve a spot on the list, well, the list and thus the ranking will change to accommodate the new DAC(s). Things change.
A time and space machine, indeed, for the when and where the Mola Mola Tambaqui transports one. Impossible it is, to write the concluding notes of this review, to break away from the spellbinding music or magic that this DAC/Headphone amplifier creates. The Mola Mola Tambaqui is, easily, State of the Art. MSRP $13,400
The Bricasti Design M1SE is, indeed, the “The Synthesis of Transparency and Beautiful Music!” Its abilities to extract next-level transparency on recording after recording, as well as its competence to resolve that which other DACs cannot is outstanding and pedigree enough. But the M1SE does not stop there. There is a profound three-dimensionality, a richness, and a palpability generally associated with single-ended triode tubes. MSRP $15,000
Imagine for a moment the Audionet DNP/EPX combo as, say, a boxer. Then the combo would be a young Mike Tyson (prior to criminal offense)—lightning fast, knockout powerful, incredibly deft footwork, and fearless to boot. Yep, that just about sums up the synergy of these two kindred electronic components. MSRP: $30,400
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DENAFRIPS TERMINATOR II
The DENAFRIPS Terminator II checks all of the required music lover and audiophile boxes easily and well and is a prodigious talent, especially when its price is taken into account. DACs within its ‘ambient’ pricing circle should take pause. $4,495
The DENAFRIPS Pontus II’s talents are prodigious and when its price is considered, relative to the incredibly expensive DACs and the way-over-the-top, incredibly expensive DACs, it is, decidedly, in the mix and on stage with the best and a giant killer! No doubt, its performance sends shivers down the spines of the makers of the way-over-the-top, incredibly expensive DACs, as well it should. MSRP $1,700
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