You give a try to a Stellavox by Goldmund. It is a 24/96 DAC but it beats the sound of my EMC1(24/192). It sounds very opened and more detail but no harshness and super clean in background. Costs around $1500.00 to $2000.00 but it is worth for the money.
Why not just upgrade the clock and opamp. For $200, I did it to my Marantz CD67SE and it blew away many stock CD players in $1000 TO $2000 retail price range. Even better than the seperate DAC.
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