Decent DAC under $10k anyone?


My must have requirements are:

-word clock input from master clock support
-AES input

I'm using Esoteric D-05 right now. Tried Weiss Minerva/DAC202 and dCS and Emm labs stuff under the price point but doesn't sound satisfy enough to make changes. I wonder if there's any new model worth trying now.
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listen to the first zanden, and, although not a dac, listen to the original lector, 20 bit.

new is not necessarily better. the forsell dac was high quality in its day. i wonder how it compares to current production dacs ?

my point i8s that although older dacs do not allow for high res files, some sound very good with redbook discs, especially, if they have a tube.