I can only recommend what I've heard, and I've ditched all of my previous DACs for the Headroom Ultra Micro DAC. At the time, it was twice what I wanted to spend on a new piece of kit. However, I am really impressed and satisfied with the level of performance from this diminutive box. At 700 USD, it's in your stated range. That said, I'd love to try out the DA100, mainly because of the defeatable upsampling. Seems like a pretty good feature.
Fred
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