4N6
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Their previous top of the range DAC - Manhattan II - is $6000.
You are trying to make your point using their entry level, $2000 DAC, which is a bit misleading. The jump from $6000 to $20.000 doesn't sound as extreme anymore.
I agree that $20.000 is still a lot of money, but in my opinion they are not betting on selling hundreds of them. It will probably be a statement product for them, that should help sell cheaper DACs.
This kind of marketing would not be unique to Mytek.
The new Manhattan Bridge coming out this summer seems to be an interesting piece. Very close in functionality to the Empire, but only costing about $7000. That's less than half the price of the Empire. Will contain the Roon Core and go directly to the internal DAC...no ethernet, USB or other connections in between. That does lead to some potential drawbacks, depending upon how much computer power is needed/provided, and how much DSP one wants to run. Yet, an interesting product for those that like Roon.
