This might not be what you wanted to hear, but two cents:
I've been using a $38 Sony DVD player as a transport into my Wyred4Sound DAC-2. A friend gave me his old 955AX with the (reasonable) assumption that it would have a better digital out than the cheap Sony. So I compared the two in my system, and the cheap-ass Sony won by a mile, with the Rotel sounding grey and veiled in comparison. Even the wife thought it was an easy call.
I've been using a $38 Sony DVD player as a transport into my Wyred4Sound DAC-2. A friend gave me his old 955AX with the (reasonable) assumption that it would have a better digital out than the cheap Sony. So I compared the two in my system, and the cheap-ass Sony won by a mile, with the Rotel sounding grey and veiled in comparison. Even the wife thought it was an easy call.