Next cheapest good one in production was the Psaudio directstream which is indeed a cool 5k and change? And then you went to insano 12k+ chord jewelry.
Not sure where the Holo L3 stands. Pavane is over 5k I think.
Most of the reason why the Yggdrasil is so loved is that it has excellent price-performance. It was kinda obvious reading some of the posts that there were better DACs around, only they were "f**k you"-level value.
The Yggdrasil A2 is about the most I can ever see myself spending on audio gear this lifetime, so to see something /in its range/ that competes is kinda exciting. I'm sticking sub-$1k for now though.
@Lyer25 Sticking to sub-1k range for good might be the most reasonable move for the vast majority of audiophiles. Will be scaling down myself at least partially. I do have the money to stay higher... but the diminishing returns are too strong.
I'm almost certainly sticking to sub-1k DACs for the foreseeable future, and it should be obvious by now that "value" audio has been closing in on the higher-end, but I know myself well enough to admit that I'm going to keep chasing better amps and cans as they come. Besides, the hobby's always been about chasing the last fraction of a percent; it's just a matter of knowing when you want to stop at this point :P
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