@ cjlundberg
mesch At your price range there is the Cambridge CXC
I agree, best bag for $$ is the Cambridge Audio CXC.
https://www.tnt-audio.com/sorgenti/cambridge_cxc_e.html
https://www.cambridgeaudio.com/row/en/products/cx/cxc
Denafrips Avatar would be a bang for buck contender, if they left it at the original launch pricing.
Rumor has it that Schitt is working on a transport.This will be the one to wait for, for best bang for buck pricing, Mike Moffat being the head designer for Theta Audio Digital all those years.
Cheers George