DAC for second system

Consider a Mojo Audio DAC. Call Benjamin. He'll answer.

30 day no obligation trial. He's discounting some items.

There are several reviews to check out.

Mopmerantz my home office system is primarily used to fill in the background of a normally boring day working though I listen to it 6-7 hours a day 5 days a week it gets used far more then my main system, being married with kids I could never ever get away with that .

The dac I use Gustard A-26 chip base is much lower in price then your budget though it’s not a r2r it’s brother the Gustard R-26 is I understand this model also is equal with performance way beyond its retail price .

Mojo Audio R2R DACs are terrific and fit your price points.  I've the Mystique' 3.  Many other models are R2R.

i enjoyed my time with a mojo dac, but ultimately i returned it to benjamin -- not because i didn’t like the sound, but because i wanted a dac that had variable volume to drive a power amp directly (in addition to sounding terrific)

i felt the r2r mojo sound very very nice, very natural and organic very refined, not a trace of digital nasties/harshness - if anything it is a touch on the ’polite side’ to my ears

Here's another one I stumbled on.

Woo Audio wds-1.

It go some good press a few years back

Anyone with any listening knowledge?