Thanks everyone for the ideas and suggestions. I thought it would be good to update everyone on what I decided to do.
After lots of DAC research and considering where I want to take my system over the next year I went in a slightly different direction. Instead of spending my entire budget on a DAC, I split it up and will use part of it to explore the benefits of adding tube preamp and/or power amp. So, instead of a $1,500 DAC I purchased the Schiit Modi Multibit for $250 and will use the rest to add a tube preamp to the system.
I've had the Modi for a couple weeks now and am very impressed with it. There is a bigger soundstage (deeper and wider) and detail retrieval is better than the Beresford. It's a good match to my turntable and I'm looking forward to seeing what a quality tube preamp adds. Right now I'm leaning toward the Mapletree Line 2CRM preamp and will use my NAD as the power amp. If anyone has experience with a Mapletree/NAD combo I'd be interested to hear about it. I posted a thread over on Amplifier forum if anyone wants to chime in.
Thanks again!
After lots of DAC research and considering where I want to take my system over the next year I went in a slightly different direction. Instead of spending my entire budget on a DAC, I split it up and will use part of it to explore the benefits of adding tube preamp and/or power amp. So, instead of a $1,500 DAC I purchased the Schiit Modi Multibit for $250 and will use the rest to add a tube preamp to the system.
I've had the Modi for a couple weeks now and am very impressed with it. There is a bigger soundstage (deeper and wider) and detail retrieval is better than the Beresford. It's a good match to my turntable and I'm looking forward to seeing what a quality tube preamp adds. Right now I'm leaning toward the Mapletree Line 2CRM preamp and will use my NAD as the power amp. If anyone has experience with a Mapletree/NAD combo I'd be interested to hear about it. I posted a thread over on Amplifier forum if anyone wants to chime in.
Thanks again!