Tough to get all that you want for $1000. If you don’t need balanced connections Chord Qutest, if you do the look into Benchmark DAC3. Just going based on my experience with Bryston BDA-3, Chord Qutest and my current DAC Benchmark DAC 3. The Chord DAC has a neat option to select filters that allow you to tweak the sound to your liking. However these will most likely be slightly over $1000 on a used market.
There are other options like the Topping D90 but I haven’t heard it in my system so can’t really say if it’ll do.
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