I am frustrated with the sound from my DAC


My DAC-IT by peachtree audio is sounding harsh in my rig now. I am comparing the sound of it to my Cambridge Audio DAC Magic plus with the two Wofson Chips inside it. The Cambridge Audio sounds good, smooth and nice. Anyone know what is inside the peachtree DAC IT. My Digital source is a cambridge audio DVD player. 540D. My next move will be to use my better sounding ARCAM CD player with the peachtee DAC and see if it is smoother sounding. My amplifier is Cambridge Audio. Sweet sounding one. Not a CX series, but sweet sounding. 
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I just purchased a Cambridge Audio CXC CD transport . Gonna compare it to my Arcam Player which sounds amazing. Arcam puts two Wolfson chips inside but it sounds better with an external DAC. Am really looking forward to a new CD transport/ player! I am selling my peach tree DAC , someone will dig it
Great input, thanks so much! I do like the dual Wolfson chip sound better than newer Sabre chip sound. The latter is very impressive but,,,,
What about the new version of Parasound zDac v.2? I am going to try out the iFi Pro iSDS DAC because you all recommend it highly. Means a lot to me your advice. Thank you! 
listening to my Cambridge CXC transport into my DAC Magic plus headphone amp. Not much power but so so clean and true sound. No noise at all! No power but heck the sound is good