Which DAC makers let you do in home trial?

Check out the Denafrips Ares II R2R DAC. It is easily one of the best R2R DAC within your budget. You may be reluctant to order this from Singapore but chances of you not liking this DAC are slim to none.

You can count on Outstanding customer as long as you own this DAC.
https://www.vinshineaudio.com/product-page/denafrips-ares-r2r-dac

Here is another recommendation...Made in USA with 14 days home trial, 

http://borderpatrol.net/DAC.htm

Oh No, Not Again......it appears @djones51 clearly one of those individuals who gives more weight to measurements over trusting his/her ears. Hence his choice of Benchmark DAC’s which to my ears sounds more clinical than musical.

“If it measures good and sounds bad—it’s bad. If it measures bad and sounds good, you’ve measured the wrong thing”

@hilde45, You have 14 days trial with Border, trust your ears and how it’s going to gel with rest of your system.

+1, @tvad,

Speakers first
Amplifier second

Once you get speaker and amp or integrated sorted out then focus on source components. A nice digital setup requires streamer / DAC components or if you’re into CD’s then CD player or turntable / phono.

If you’re exploring digital streaming, consider a Bluesound Node 2i or Innuos Zen Mini MK3 as starting point. They both have internal built-in DAC’s that allows you to get your feet in digital streaming. Both of these components allows upgrade path to add external DAC for improved performance. And when it’s time to upgrade digital streamer, you already have a external DAC in your system to further build and improve overall performance.

I am in a camp, everything matters. DAC is just as important as amp and absolutely vital to your ultimate digital playback experience.