Lend me your ears...


I'm hoping to get some buying advice. I live in an area where it isn't possible to audition a variety of products. If you have experience with any of the digital sources I'm considering, your impressions would be most helpful. 

I'm choosing from; Cary DMS 800; Aurender A30; Antipodes K50 with a Benchmark DAC3 HGC; Baetis Reference with the Benchmark DAC. 

Suggestions? Cautionary tales? 

ott

I have the Aurender A 20 and even use it as a preamp going to a luxman M10X.

It’s  the best sounding DAC I have owned. Before I had a bel canto dac / Aurender N200 and the Aurender Streamer never disappoints.

Thanks to all. 

Mahler; I'd like to do this for around $15k and have the capability to rip CDs My listening will be through Roon. I have a library just approaching 1 gb - including every version of the Kindertotenlieder I could find - and will stream exclusively. 

Excuse me. My library is just approaching one tb, not one gb. I enjoy comparing interpretations of a given piece of music. Kirsten Flagstad sings my favorite Kinder. 

Maxdukecapone - I use the Luxman amp too. You've intrigued me, though I love the slp 98 I use.