[shockdoc]

My wife STOLE my ELE. Makes the music from her MacBook sound spectacular with her little JVC S400's.

 

[Amatsu]

I agree that the ELE DAC is amazing for its price, this thing is clearly better than my X-Fi Music modded. I'm very happy with the purchase.

 

[Lohb]

Although I think from scanning this thread the OP has bought a DAC , for other people I'd say go for the Hifimediy Sabre USB DAC (ESS one, as there is one variation). I love it with Audirvana+. There was a big difference in sound coming from VOX player + Muse PCM2704 ( again budget end stuff but still not bad at all.) 

 

[FishHead]

If you are interested in rolling your own check out beezar.com.  Depending on what you want to spend there are various DACs you can build.  You will need a soldering Iron. I've build stuff from them and had good results and great support.
 
Good Luck!