martin, you are in luck. The PS Audio is a FPGA design, and the Denafrips is a Resister Ladder. These are expensive designs. Buy a DAC based on a Delta Sigma Chip. The go to chips at the moment are the ESS 9028 and the ESS 9038. There are several of these that are excellent. (I currently run two - one is the Wyred 4 Sound DAC 2v2, and I also use my Oppo 205 as a DAC.)
With the FPGA and Resister Ladder types the additional cost is not for additional quality, but additional work in implementation. Most, if not all, of that cost goes into a different type of sound - that you may prefer, or you may not. However with the 'DAC-on-a-Chip' you will get (1) a different sound, (2) a cheaper price. So long as you do a modicum of research you will get a fabulously good DAC.
I am presently considering the Okto Research DAC8 (when it come out) and the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro.
With the FPGA and Resister Ladder types the additional cost is not for additional quality, but additional work in implementation. Most, if not all, of that cost goes into a different type of sound - that you may prefer, or you may not. However with the 'DAC-on-a-Chip' you will get (1) a different sound, (2) a cheaper price. So long as you do a modicum of research you will get a fabulously good DAC.
I am presently considering the Okto Research DAC8 (when it come out) and the Matrix Audio X-Sabre Pro.