midrange dac / dac with best performance to cost ratio


im not looking to spend more than $3k.

I'm looking at getting either a gugnir multibit or a yggridsdal. I am open to other types of dacs. However I don't know anything about them. Could someone please explain the difference between the two schiit dac's I mentioned? Do they use completely different technology compared to each other? I've been told that the gugnir is 'warmer' then the yggridsdal. Also for around the same price a Yggrisdal would cost me, I could get a Bryston dac-3. I'm wondering if that dac is any good either? It's also very local to me, and it comes with the awesome bryston 20 year warantee.  in case i wasn't clear I am canadian so importing anything schiit is going to cost me quite a bit more then getting something local like that bryston dac. anyway, im open to any and all suggestions, thank you in advance for any help.
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@shadorne 

"Performance exceeds that of anything else in the market at any price"

That's the dumbest and most bizarre statement.  Have you tested all the available DAC's currently available against your Benchmark DAC? 

Do you even own Benchmark DAC3 to make such ludicrous statements?