Looking for my first DAC


I have mostly equipment from the eighties with the exception of an OPPO BDP-93.  My Preamp is an ARC SP9-MKII and it's feeding some Acoustat model X's.  I'm leaning toward a Schiit Bifrost Multibit Gen 5, with their 15 day trial period, so I can at listen to it and return if I don't like it.  I have no way of listening to anything without a long drive and most probably a hotel stay, so I'm looking for your vast experience on the DAC's. Price range under $1000. 

Thoughts??

JD
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Generic Chinese 9038Pro DAC on eBay.  It follows the reference design spec'd by ESS Tech.  Easy to mod too.
@ bob7296 dont sell the 9038Pro DAC 
 just change out the 8 "elna" 47uF lytics aound each OpAmp with film cap    It's just MKS2B051001N00JSSD
WIMA Film Capacitors
US HTS:8532250070 ECCN:EAR99 COOE
REPLACING the 8 47uFcaps and the 2 10uF exiting regulator.
You will get it to sing.  The reference designs used in the CHinese board is juat run of the mill ESS sample designs.