Low Cost DACs

Low cost is a relative term $1500,$1000 for a Dac ?
value for money the MDHT tube dacs the orchid is very good under $1k ,the top dac using the BB 1704 is around $1400
i have friends who have both , the Lampizator Amber3 $2800
is by a long shot the Best Buy under $5k I sold my ps Audio $6 k 
dac and just put better tubes in sounds much more detailed and naturally musical. They offer a 2 week money back ,none of the other guys do . Tubes bring a more realistic Analog type sound 
to the performance. These dacs I know well , the mdht are excellent for the money but as soon say match the Lampizator 
Not happening I had them playing in my system . 

I use a Chord Mojo in my loudspeaker system and it does a phenomenal job. Right now looks like most places are selling them for around $399.  

And to also echo some of the other responses you likely can't go wrong with an Audioquest Dragonfly or Schiit.

Thanks Rego.I did all of what you suggested and Schiit was visible in Devise Manager 'cept there was a yellow exclamation point shown with Modi 3. So this told me it sees it but there's a driver missing!At any rate, the thing would not play UNTIL I downloaded Gen 2 & Installed this program. Go figure!!Yes, Schiit is set to 24/192 in properties.So as long as Modi 3  is connected to Laptop via USB DATA port it is powered I'm wondering why I spent $50.00 for iFi Low Noise DC power supply?? Isn't this redundant power input?But it plays.

So let me ask you all this:I have the opportunity to purchase a 2019 Catalina Mac Book Pro 8th Gen i5 Lap Top at a good price.Do you think this would help overall sound quality or, as it's still going through the Modi3 DAC, it won't make much difference?Thanks.

Thanks Rego.I did all of what you suggested and Schiit was visible in Devise Manager 'cept there was a yellow exclamation point shown with Modi 3. So this told me it sees the Modi but there's a driver missing! At any rate, the thing would not play UNTIL I downloaded Gen 2 & Installed this program. Go figure! Yes, Schiit is set to 24/192 in properties.

So as long as Modi 3 is connected to Laptop via USB DATA port it is powered I'm wondering why I spent $50.00 for iFi Low Noise DC power supply?? Isn't this redundant power input? But it plays.