A good dac costs a minimum of £3000

**REM** · 09-02-2010, 23:15

Thought those Chordette things were meant for playin' toons off mobile phones, no, yes,

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**Ali Tait** · 09-02-2010, 23:18

Like to have a listen to one.Chord dacs are nice.

**Stratmangler** · 09-02-2010, 23:22

Originally Posted by REM

Thought those Chordette things were meant for playin' toons off mobile phones, no, yes,

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Anything with Bluetooth will do - doesn't have to be a mobile phone.

Chris

**leo** · 09-02-2010, 23:29

Originally Posted by Ali Tait

Indeed.Chris,you need to hear Nick's sabre dac with the PP 6n6p output stage.Sounds brilliant!

Good old Nick posted the circuit, dead simple, just need some Sowters now

**Themis** · 10-02-2010, 07:56

Originally Posted by Covenant

A good dac costs a minimum of £3000

This is a comment on Wigwam by a respected founder member.
I offer no opinion but I would like yours.......

There is nothing in a top-notch dac (made in Europe) that could make it cost more than £1000, the nice case and the expensive power supply included. What is the "remaining" £2000 for ? Seller's profit ?

A shame that "respected members" spread such nonsense. That's my opinion.

**Covenant** · 10-02-2010, 08:03

Originally Posted by Alex_UK

my "define good" wasn't in any way meant to be inflamatory toward Jerry, BTW - just that there are many definitions of good!

No problem Alex. I posted the comment so I could get lots of opinion about what constitued 'good'. Personally I have never heard a dac in that price range but I guess a fair percentage of the cost is in the packaging!

I would enjoy Stan's view on this topic.

**StanleyB** · 10-02-2010, 08:06

A good DAC can cost less than £200, as the TC-7510 and 7520 have shown.
An excellent DAC can cost less than £400. Caiman, DacMagic are typical candidates.
An outstanding DAC can cost less than £1000. It's just a shame that there are no obvious contenders in that price region.

**Alex_UK** · 10-02-2010, 09:36

Indeed - "good" to look at, "good" to use, sounds "good" - Stan, stick a Caiman in a fancy box, add a line in or 2, and remote control, £3,495 - job done!

**DSJR** · 10-02-2010, 09:36

Remember fellas, at top end markups, your £3000 DAC would cost probably £5 - 600 to make and at least half of this would be the casework...

I'm intrigued about the valve DAC. I'm still blowing hot and cold about getting my CD player fixed, as it's too heavy to reliably send anywhere and paying the likes of Audiocom to mod it may not be worthwhile if the laser packs up shortly after...

**StanleyB** · 10-02-2010, 10:11

I would prefer to use a different name to Caiman if I was to undertake such a task. If there are any suggestions, we can start a new topic on that maybe.

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