Aurender Dac upgrade

Thx Car123 , tip from a fellow cyclist, nice! Gotta tell ya though that list of 3k dacs now just grew by one I missed that one somehow. I went to those two shops yesterday to actually hear a few Dacs rather than read about them  ( just finished reading about the 005 btw) its just overwhelming the number of units available in that price point and also the reviews/comparisons. Im not sure how I can do this without having the feeling I should have gone another way , for me its always about chasing a better sound and Im pretty sure it is for most everyone else on this forum as well. Id put it to a vote but I know that’ll just create even more confusion ,hey its a hobby/journey right? there should be no looking back.

Thanks Carlsbad, both of these dealers have given me what I thought was solid advice in the past, Seems to me the steamer side of this component would be fine and that as you say the Dac side would be the obvious upgrade,that was actually why I bought the thing in the first place, because I could upgrade it that way. One of them did say something funny however,he told me “ you can tell  a digital device is outdated because you’ve opened the box “ and I’ve known that which is also why I built my system for vinyl playback ,but streaming is just so damn cool !