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Looking for a DAC

Looking for a DAC that sounds at least as good as my Cary 306-200 CD player. I tried a Schiit Gungnir the sound stage wasn't close. It also wasn't as extended in the frequency ranges, at least in my system. Schiit said to give it 100 hrs, I gave it 250. My system consists of, Simaudio Moon P-5 Simaudio Moon W-5 into Revel Salon Speakers.
Thank you ahead of time for responding to my forum.
simone

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soix
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You don't mention what you're looking to improve upon or your price range, but some DACs worth looking into:

Calyx Femto
Empirical Audio Overdrive
Bel Canto DAC3.5VB
Berkeley Alpha 2

The only one I've had in my system is the Bel Canto and it is fantastic. Woulda bought it if I had the funds. Very transparent with nice 3D soundstage, very natural tonality, and no edginess or digititis. My guess is the Berkeley is just a touch warmer, but that's just going on what I've read from reviews so take it fwiw.

Best of luck, and please let us know what you find.
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