What to expect from a new DAC?


There has been a lot of discussion about whether newer DAC's/CD players are truely better sounding then older ones. I'm curious, what would one expect in terms of improvement from say a Raysonic 128, which is viewed as an excellent sounding now older CD player and say a Berkeley DAC, older version. Is the improvement, going to be subtle or really apparent.
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i have heard older digital equipment, like the naim cdx, 2 box cd player of the 90's, sounding every bit as good as anything in production, that i have auditioned.

then again, we encounter the connotation of "{better", which makes audio, a subset of philosophy.

it is very difficult to come to a definitive conclusion, when the subject is what component is better than another.

it is obvious that there are different criteria used to evaluate audio components.

this is an issue when discussing the sonic merits of components, on a relative basis.