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Dac recommendations for Mac Book Pro

I am interested in upgrading my Beresford Dac. I am currently using the optical port from the Mac. I use the Cayin A-50t as amplification and Merlin TSM-MX. My budget is $1000 for new or used. I am looking for a Dac with a smooth character. I am not interested in hyper- detail. Some of the Dacs on my list are the Stello Da 100 S, Apogee Mini dac, MHDT Havana. Is there a preferred port to use? I have a firewire port and USB 2.0.
Thanks,Bob
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sammie
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Wavelength Bricks pop up on the 'Gon from time to time for around 1k. ....one
just sold. All Wavelength Dac's are USB. There's a lot of debate about what port
to use.

Supposedly, USB limits music files to 24/96 and the Brick will only process
16/44...so no high resolution music at least with the Brick. Firewire has no such
limitation. Yet, Wavelength does USB properly.

Lots of opinions about sound quality as well. I don't think there's any right
answer.
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