American made USB DAC's


I am going to build a music server using a Mac Mini and I'd like to know about some of the American made USB DAC's out there. I'd like to stay around $1000 or so, new or used. Any thoughts? The rest of my system consists of a pair of Magnepan 3.6R's, Modwright KWA150 amp and Modwright LS 36.5 preamp.
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Has anyone done a/b comparison of Wavelength/Apogee mini/Benchmark/Nixon dacs? Can anyone comment on sonic profile of these vs. my Musical Fidelity Trivista21 dac?

Seems like a few threads have characterized the Benchmark as on the drier/detailed side, the Nixon and other NOS dacs as more "analogish" with good PRAT and perhaps less resolution in exchange for more forgiveness. How would you characterize the Brick,Apogee and MDHTs relatively speaking? Cheers,
Spencer