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Solid state DAC under 12K retail preferably with ethernet

Looking to upgrade from AMR DP-777 and go solid state.
These are the ones I know or read about: Bricasti, Berkeley, Aeris, DirectStream, ODSE, Meitner, Luxman DA-06

Am I missing any other important DACs I should be looking at or reading about?
Currently leaning towards Bricasti M1 SE.

Rest of my system: Coincident Frankenstein Mk 2 300b amps, Devore O96
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limniscate
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Bricasti M1SE
limniscate
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@audioengr 

That has not been my experience with some ethernet-based DACs like the Ayre QX-5 Twenty.  It still sounded better with a SOtM tX-USB Ultra behind it clocked by a master reference clock and through a modified switch.  I'm pretty sure the upstream server would make a difference as well.
limniscate
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@audioengr 

Sorry, I meant the sMS-200 Ultra with a clocked switch before the Ayre QX-5 Twenty.
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