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Logitech has the Logitech Transporter SE: Network Music Player for $1300 - $300 off with coupon code logi_tse_62812 [Exp 6/28] = $1000 with free shipping. Features dual fluorescent displays, backlit infrared remote, support for rack mount brackets, Ethernet/Wi-Fi and 120db dynamic range.
$1000
Yes you can buy a lower end burr brown for that price but no, this has an AKM AK4396 multibit sigma-delta. You can read more about it here
http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/modwright3/transporte2html
Logitech offers its Logitech Transporter SE Network Music Player, model no. 930-000133, for $1,299.99. Coupon code "logi_tse_13012" cuts it to $999.99. With free shipping, that's tied with our October mention and the lowest total price we could find by $310. Features include 802.11g wireless, Ethernet connectivity, compatibility with .WAV, .AIFF, .MP3, .WMA, and .FLAC file formats, support for Pandora and Rhapsody online services, remote control, and more. Deal ends February 2.
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http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/modwright3/transporte2html
Uhh, AK4396 only costs $5 at Digikey or $2 in quantities of 1,000.
http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?x=20&y=17&lang=en&site=us&KeyWords=AK4396
I pay more than that for good opamps.
Well, learn something new everyday. Perhaps its in the programming, but as you can see the other mid range DAC units are about the same price.
Still, my main argument is not that it's not overpriced. I don't have one of these and won't buy one, but just like whatever magic they put into one set of speaker and charge $8,000 a pair vs. another that charge $400 a pair, or even better yet the Ayre BD player rebadging the Oppo and selling it for $5,000
http://www.avrev.com/forum/blu-ray-players/4294-ayre-dx-5-10-000-rebadged-500-oppo.html
for people who buy them and swear by their performance above the other, there is really no counter argument that will dissuade them.
^ Once someone pays a lot for something they are obligated to claim it sounds good... it's an ego thing... even though, it might actually sound good too.