[Luhaine]

Hello Everyone,
 
I'm looking for some advice regarding a DAC purchase. I've recently picked up a Sennheiser HD 700 for a decent price and was going to use it in the following chain:
 
PC (toslink) -> DacMagic (original) -> Marantz PM 7003 -> HD 700
 
I've had the Marantz lying around doing nothing so I figured I'd put it to good use. Unfortunatly during a recent move the DacMagic sustained some damage and subsequently doesn't work anymore. It's also way outside the warranty period so I'm looking around for a replacement. My budget is between 600 - 750 euro's, I'm located in The Netherlands so importing from outside off Europe will cut the budget due to import taxes (21%) and other levies. 
 
I've been browsing the forums looking to see what's a good brand / DAC these day's and so far I've seen Schiit come up often and being reccomended so I've been looking at the Bitfrost (439 euro) + Multibit (200 euro), which totals to 639 euro's where I'm from. A lot of the other stuff I read about is usually a AMP/DAC combination. Since I've already got the PM 7003 to perform the AMP function, I think I don't really need the combo and am much better off focusing on buying a nice DAC for now.
 
I've looked at the Buying Guide section but most are either way above my current budget or way below my current budget. Is the Bitfrost + Multibit simply the current best bang for buck there is out there or am I missing something (probably....)?
 
Thanks for any tips / reccomendations in advance!

 

[Youth]

This is a great DAC:
 
http://www.magnahifi.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-for-module-203/product/audio-gd-dac-19-single-ended-1704uk-burr-brown-dac

 

[Luhaine]

Thank you for the tip. Looking into it now

 

[Youth]

Thank you for the tip. Looking into it now

 
It's a little over your listed budget, but import etc. is included since it's a Dutch retailer.