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Someone point me in the right direction

strongly interested in getting a DAC for a headphone based system. The headphones are Sennheiser 600's and the headphone amp,is a Bottlehead Crack.

I would like a DAC with a USB 2 input, and probably 2 coax S/PDIF inputs. No headphone amp or preamp functions needed.

My budget is $500 but I would stretch that for something special.

I very much like the sound quality of my Simaudio 260D and would like to stay in the same sonic family. that means a big beefy sound, not necessarily laid back, but absolutely no glare.

Suggestions?
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Anyone with experience with the Arcam irDac?
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I finally heard the Arcam irDAC this week with Rogue Sphinx integrated, Harbeth P3ESR speakers and very good cables all around. I compared the irDAC to the Naim DAC-V1. The Arcam had very good PRaT, resolution and spatial structure. Top end was airy, midrange was smooth, bass was striding and tight. Compared to the 3x more expensive NAIM, there was a little less meat in the center with the NAIM sounding a bit more solid, but the similarities of sound between the two DACs were much greater than the differences, they both sounded great.

I will likely buy the Arcam.

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