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Hands down, the Bartók APEX is the finest sounding DAC I have ever listened to; in fact, it’s the finest sounding DAC/Headphone Amplifier I have heard. Are there better stand-alone amplifiers? Yes, the dCS Lina comes to mind for solid-state, and of course, if you want the tube sound, you would have to shop elsewhere anyway. Is it worth $24,100? Absolutely, if you want the state-of-the-art and have the pocketbook to afford it. You will get many more hours of pleasure out of it than you would spending the same amount on an upgrade to a higher-end luxury car.

In the long run, whatever shortcomings the Bartók APEX has are in the Mosaic Control software, which will, in all likelihood, improve as time passes.

Just a quick note on the Moon Audio Bronze Dragon Cables, they were definitely a welcome upgrade to Black Dragon Cables I was running previously, and the Bronze Dragon Headphone Cable was certainly a cut above the already high-end cable that the SUSVARA UNVEILED comes with, I should be doing a complete review of them in the near future.