Have listened to so many... a lot of them just sound the same so I went to a tube DAC. 1st a Line Magnetic 502ca (which I still have) and a better Canor DAC 2.10. Both are excellent and once you swap out for better vintage 12au7 & 6922, they are each excellent and right in my lane. The LM can be used in SS or tube output although I completely prefer its tube option. The Canor just plays breathtakingly clean and natural. It's holographic presentation is amazing and soundstage is wide and accurate; a great machine for sure. Instruments seem to float each isolated in their own soundscape, if that registers. Unpacks everything and scrubs any and all digital residu out of the music.
Can't beat up any of the others mentioned cause this is all so subjective but reviews can only take you so far. You have to go out and listen. If that's not possible, my recommendation would be either if these two manufacturers. The Line Magnetic has no doubt been replaced by a new model but the Canor is current as I just purchased mine last year.
Just my opinion...