Under $3K streaming dac suggestions, Roon Ready?

The Teac is an excellent choice in your price range. I have owned one since November.  Audiotroy will be around shortly no doubt to tell you the Lumin T2 is your best choice.  I have also owned the Lumin D series in the past and the Teac is just better while running the same Lumin software.  While the T2 is a very good streamer it is ESS Sabre based so a different sound than the DS Jr. (I have the DS Sr. with Bridge II in another system) or the D2 and also over a $1000 over your budget.  

+1 on the Teac. I’ve had mine for a couple months, and use it with Spendor D7’s (saw u have A4). My amp (int) is ARC DSI200. I posted my review on the Teac thread. 
Good luck and let us know what u get

Jacked on the contrary some people may prefer the Teac’s Akm vs the Lumin’s Wolfson, it is really a matter of taste we wouldn’t say the Teach isn’t good.

Personally we prefer the Mytek Brooklyn Bridge Plus over the D2 and we prefer the Lumin T2 over the Mytek so it all comes down to taste.

For the ESS guys who prefer a warmer sound the Lumin allows transcoding to DSD which generally makes the Dac a bit warmer.

So we would say Mytek for $3k and Lumin for $4.5k as the T2 is far better than the D2.

Dave and Troy

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Thank you everyone for the suggestions so far. The T2 is out of my budget, unfortunately - so the Mytek Brooklyn Bridge and Teac NT-505 are still the current front runners.  Both of those let you convert to DSD (DoP) as far as I can tell, which I do from time to time, via Roon DSP.

Both of those have a lot of versatility, which is nice, but I really only need a streaming input, and balanced outputs. The Lumin range offers just that, but the D2 is the only budget friendly option for me at this time.

I think the PS DSD will have a price drop in the used market soon, or whenever their new flagship DAC becomes available.

My current Auralic + Mytek Liberty is no slouch, so there’s no huge rush if waiting is my best option. However, I’ve said that many times before, and pulled the trigger on something new the next day!