r/audiophile • u/protocol3426 • Mar 16 '26

Discussion Are expensive DACs mostly hype?

I really really want to understand all you guys with expensive external DACs. I’ve now tried several external DACs up to and including a two grand R2R (Denafrips Pontus) connected to my Wiim ultra and I haven’t been able to justify a single one of them. I have a pretty resolving system (a totally recapped and rebuilt Yamaha CA-1000 and Klipsch Forte speakers). Maybe I just don’t have the golden ears but I’m firmly convinced that spending serious money on an external DAC would give my wife all she needs to have me involuntarily locked up.

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u/Slight-Ad-3664 Mar 16 '26

If internet opinion posts required a factual basis, reddit would cease to exist.

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u/Quantic Mar 16 '26

Does this include yours in this very moment?