Paradisea owners

I like the Paradisea better than the 3500 Wavelength Cosecant. I owned the Cosecant for 2 years and sold it for the Paradisea.

I've seen a few Paradiseas for sale stepping up to the Havana. My friend made that upgrade and I'm pretty sure he felt the Havana was a nice improvement but haven't heard them together myself. Right in your price range. You may also want to check into the April Music DAC which is just a bit over $1k as I recall. Per Tvad's note, the April Music is solid state while the Havana had a tube in the output path.

Thanks for your responses. My question was intentionally open-ended, but obviously a little too much. I'm just curious if there's anything worth checking out in the 1k price range that betters the Paradisea. I've been happy with mine, but can't help wonder what else is out there. What I've read about the PS Audio DLink interests me, but whether it's an improvement over the Paradisea is debatable. I'm sure it sounds different. I'm definitely into a relaxed natural sound. I realize the only way to know if I like something is to get it into my system, but I need some ideas to experiment with.