The Benchmark is a good recommendation but be forewarned will probably sound very different than the Jolida. Mytek Brooklyn will also be in your price range and be very different from the Jolida.
I have a Bryston DAC3 which currently goes for around 4 K but you may get a Demo in your budget. Some people describe it as Tube like but I wouldn’t. It’s detailed and musical without being overly clinical. I am currently using it with tubed Cary preamp and there is great synergy here but it also sounded great with my Parasound JC2 preamp. The Bryston also has HDMI inputs and I use an Oppo 105 and a Sony 5400ES to directly input the DSD from SACDs, so if you still have your SACDs and a player to output them you can take advantage of that feature as well.
I have a Bryston DAC3 which currently goes for around 4 K but you may get a Demo in your budget. Some people describe it as Tube like but I wouldn’t. It’s detailed and musical without being overly clinical. I am currently using it with tubed Cary preamp and there is great synergy here but it also sounded great with my Parasound JC2 preamp. The Bryston also has HDMI inputs and I use an Oppo 105 and a Sony 5400ES to directly input the DSD from SACDs, so if you still have your SACDs and a player to output them you can take advantage of that feature as well.
