Looking for a balanced DAC & Amp for custom Denon 2000s ? Alt to DAC-1, GS-X, PRX3000

Current setup:

iMac >
Pico USB DAC/Amp >
CryoParts Via Blue 3.5mm / Furutech FP-602F (R) >
Denon AH-D2000 (10ft 22g Jena / Furutech FP-601M (R) recable + Markl mod + Sheoak cups)

So far I have my heart set on buying...

Benchmark DAC-1 USB (£950.58 UK)

http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac/dac1-usb

..either a

GS-X Headphone Amp/Pre-amp ($2575 = £1,650 UK)

http://www.headamp.com/home_amps/gsx/index.htm

or

RudiStor RPX300 (2200€ = £1,865 UK)

http://www.rudistor.com/RPX300.htm

I realise these are frickin expensive when the prices are combined.

Are there any awesome balanced alternatives which play nice with Denons and won't cain my wallet so hard?

Edit: Or should I just prepare to be £2,500+ less well off, and know I have a sweet dac & amp that I won't need or want to replace?

Also, are these ever sold second hand? Seems pretty rare to find them..

Cheers in advance!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bloodoath 

Have you considered the Lake People /Violectric offering?  I'm considering one for my D7000s

Cheers, I've just checked them out, there seems to be a lot of buzz around them being 'Giant killers'. Lots of amazin reviews about recently. I see they also sell a DAC V800 too.

The HPA V181 seems the only amp with a balanced output, and theres a strange one 4 pin XLR output tho?

If anyone else has any recommends I guess the price ranges I was hoping to find was ~ £500-1000 DAC and £500-1500 Amp preferably.

Edit:

Well I've stumbled across the Emmeline, "The Apache" Pre-Amp/Headphone Amp but its almost two grand at $2995!

Edit2:

HeadRoom Balanced Ultra Desktop Amp $1,699 ??

Is the Rudistor NX-33 ? dead?

Edit3:

Audio-GD Phoenix ?

http://www.audio-gd.com/Pro/Headphoneamp/Phoenix/PhoenixEN.htm

This guy seemed to be in the similar position and went for the GS-X

http://www.head-fi.org/forum/thread/449877/balanced-ss-high-end-amps-apache-rpx-300-phoenix-gs-x

Update

Just ordered the GS-X !

Now to sort out a DAC...    likely I'm going to go for a DacMagic now!