Dated but still A rated DACs

Who cares if a device is "A rated" or unrated. Those ratings are just subjective opinions of reviewers that may have certain "motivations" unrelated to how a unit may actually perform.

@kalali noooooooooooooooooooo...........I was hoping we might get through one thread, one, with no one mentioning Shciit. Or Tekton for that matter. Oh well.

Surprisingly no one suggested the usual suspect, Schiit Yggdrasil. No personal experience but lots of positive reviews and lots of love...

Seeing it was bought up, yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! for the Schiit Yggdrasil.

But I believe the OP wanted "Dated but still A rated DACs" not new but best old school R2R format dac’s for doing RedBook.
Just incase here a link for the OP to follow.
http://www.schiit.com/products/yggdrasil

Cheers George

Thank you all for your recommendations... and yes, Redbook only

My current and last dac I plan to own is an older McIntosh MDA 1000. Just an amazing analog sounding dac. Also have an Electrocompaniet ECD-1 which the Mac replaced. Very close to the sonics of the Mac but less costly. It's currently for sale on USA A Mart.