R2R next? Don't like ESS

Ditto.

Try a rockna dac, I am very happy w mine.

Good luck.

@audioisgr8 I also own the Eversolo DMP-A8 (owned the lesser versions as well) the dac in the A8 is no match for the Pontus 15th. Absolutely love the all the A8 streamer/capability however the Venus 12th (now Pontus 15th) cost 2x the A8 and truly does perform like it.  All that being said the Eversolo A8 dac is great but the Pontus 15th is a night and day improvement in the dac department.

Another +1 for the Schiit Bifrost 2/64.  I originally purchased the Bifrost 2 before the /64 upgrade, but I did upgrade mine when it came out; I was quite pleased with the product.  Recently, however, I purchased the Gungnir 2, well under $2K, for my main system and it made a further improvement in its sound reproduction quality.  I have "retired" the Bifrost 2/64 to my office system, a Mac Mini M4Pro, NAD integrated amplifier (356BEE), Infinity Modulus satellites (ca. 1992), and DefTech Supercube 6000, and it does superbly.  Schiit offers a trial period, with a restocking fee of five percent.

I would suggest the Audio Mirror TUBADOUR III SE or the TUBADOUR V very nice R2R dacs.  Sounds very close to my vinyl rig.

I know Eversolo gets a lot of love but , before buying  type "eversolo problems" in your Google AI search bar....   They fail miserably at firmware support.   No USB output on an A6 since June with no resolve.  This was a unit that worked fine for 11months 

They did something in the last update where it now occasionally recognizes the DAC but still no sound.   That's at least 4 updates since reported.  No response from Eversolo just days before warranty was up.   They are throw away electronics should something go wrong after warranty. 

Buy an Innuos if you have a large music library.