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Does this DAC exist?

I'd like to hook up my dvd player, computer, and digital cable receiver to a DAC. This dac would thus need to have one coax input (from the philips 963sa), a toslink input (from the cable receiver) and another toslink input (from the computer). Ideally it would also have an analog passthrough. I don't have much experience with standalone dacs, but prior to the philips I had a cheapo dvd player hooked up to a msb link dac II. I liked the solidity and bass extension the msb brought (though I felt the philips had a more extended and cyrstalline high end). If I had to choose, I'd prefer this dac to come from the warm/lush side of town and have plenty of toe-tappin rhythm and pace it--kind of like my rega p25/dynavector 10x5 combo. New or used is fine, as is ss or tubed. Budget is 1000$ max, and of course less would be better. Thanks.
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shersta OP
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Aroc, the msb link II had a set of analog inputs to which one could hook up a source. When the the dac wasn't operating, the analog signal would be passed through--very handy for connecting multiple sources to a single input.

I'm just starting to educate myself on pc audio, but the consensus seems to be that a toslink connection is best (though others have of course expressed other opinions). The cable box only has an optical out.

So basically, I'm looking for a nice,musical dac that has three digital inputs. Most seem to have only two.

Thanks for the input so far.
shersta OP
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Reubent and Tfkaudio,
Thanks for the helpful suggestions. I really like my audible illusions pre and would be hesitant to part with it, especially since I do most of my listening through its very good phono stage. That was an especially astute heads up re the cable box output. I'll make sure to check that out.
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