I've owned both the Cary CD-308 and Theta Miles(balanced version) and both have sounded great via built in volume control.
The Cary sells for about $1500 new or $1000-1100 used and the Theta sell for $800-$1200 used. BTW, the Theta balanced version is more expensive and supposedly much better (even when using RCA output) because it has double the amount of DAC chips of the standard version.
Enjoy,
TIC
The Cary sells for about $1500 new or $1000-1100 used and the Theta sell for $800-$1200 used. BTW, the Theta balanced version is more expensive and supposedly much better (even when using RCA output) because it has double the amount of DAC chips of the standard version.
Enjoy,
TIC