Obviously you are already trying some dacs, but I will throw in my vote for apogee minidac. I have two, and they compared favorably and could not be displaced by benchmark or BC dac2 (not dac3, which is twice the price).
Looking for a Solidly good inexpensive DAC
this notion likely gets beaten to death, BUT
I'm thinking about a DAC for use with some mid fi components, and my PC so as to incorporate some greater ease and variety.
Because my system is all holow state, I am also figuring it needs to be SS. Yes? No?
A good sounding overachiever that won't break the bank will likely do fine. something in the $300 - $600 range. Give or take a bit... no pun intended.
Any experience or thoughts or any slam dunk DAC ideas would be appreciated tremendously.
Thanks.