What's the cost ratio of DAC to Digital Streamer/ Transport for "Best" sound?

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Zero. The Lumin S1, and the new X1, have the DAC built-in.
 

Al M.

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In my case the cost of transport vs. DAC is almost double, if you count the digital cable between them as belonging to the transport for its transmission of data.

Simaudio Moon 260 DT CD transport $ 1.8 K
MIT SL Matrix Plus AES/EBU digital cable (1.5 meter) $ 1.9 K
Schiit Yggdrasil DAC $ 2.3 K

The transport and DAC are too good (pulling far above their price range) to waste their potential with a lesser digital cable.
 

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