[jackmccabe]

To be honest as I have said previously I don't believe there are huge differences in dac's, and a neutral dac with low distortion and decent crosstalk performance such as the 0404 should reproduce the signal with no audible degradation. 

 

[Amarphael]

dadab12, The best advise you already got several times and that is that you go out and try some DACs in your defined price range, You did this with your current amp, why not do so with your source component which would arguably have an even bigger impact on the overall sound of the setup than the auditor has, given that it is such a transparent amp. There are quite of few offerings in your area to try and get to learn  what sound signature suits you better.  PM me for specifcs.

 

[dadab12]

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dadab12, The best advise you already got several times and that is that you go out and try some DACs in your defined price range, You did this with your current amp, why not do so with your source component which would arguably have an even bigger impact on the overall sound of the setup than the auditor has, given that it is such a transparent amp. There are quite of few offerings in your area to try and get to learn  what sound signature suits you better.  PM me for specifcs.