elberoth
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$43K, you can have a 3 series BMW for that, or a Jeep Wrangler with some options.
I'm pretty sure an avg AN DAC 5 Special owner has a BMW 7-series in his garage (or better!) and simply does not care. It is just a question of perpective and available means.
I have had the Kondo M1000mk2 preamp in my system ($140.000) and Kondo Ongaku integrated ($100.000) and although my Purifi based Nord amps measure probably like 100x better - both of those amps were super impressive in SQ terms. I would love to have a second system based on the Ongaku.
To each his own.