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Looking for a new dac-need opinions from the community

I have narrowed down my choices to the following:
Resonessence Invictus Mirus
Moon audio 280d
Bryston bda3
Wyred 4 sound 2v2se
PS audio Directstream junior
unfortunately where I live I am unable to audition these myself and must rely on the community to give me some guidance/input.  If you have owned, auditioned or done a comparison of any of these yourself please let me know what you think.  Lots of reviews out there for these but I want know what actual consumers thought.

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mahler123
3,322 posts
 
 I own both the Bryston BDA-3 and the Manhatten.  I am only mentioning the Manhatten because the last poster mentioned it, not the OP.  I bought the Bryston because I have a lot of SACDs and wanted to be able to access the DSD .If SACD replay is important to you ( or Blu Ray or DVD-A) then the Bryston should go to the top of your list.  It's a great DAC in all other regards as well, although I give a slight nod to the Manhatten for other digital replay.
  I can't comment on the other DACs mentioned by the OP
stevecham
3,340 posts
 
I too have an upgraded Wyred 4 Sound DAC-2 SE with the femtoclock.  With a PS Audio transport connected via I2S this is the closest I have yet heard to an analog source.
calvinj
2,317 posts
 
I vote for the Mirus. I own it and it’s great!
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georgehifi
10,312 posts
 
and a Schiit Yggdrasil (WTF with these names already) for Redbook playback.
Ditto that if you just do PCM redbook cd 16/44 or 24/96

Cheers George
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