NEED HELP CHOOSING NEW DAC

Check Muse as well. (www.museelectronics.com)
Very nice stuff.

Audio Note DAC 1.2 offers the closest thing to analog I've heard. A bargain at $1,100.00.

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If you get a chance to audition one, try the Audio Van Alstine OmegaStar DAC. It's a bargain, and sounds exceptionally good. It might not beat what you have, since I haven't been lucky enough to hear a Cary in my system, but the AVA is eminently listenable, and has some of the best lower end dynamics I've heard from a DAC while still maintaing detail & clarity in the top end without a trace of harshness.
Happy Listening!
Ed

Muse 2, with the bizel filter -- an absolute delight. Not sure, however, how compatible the Cary CD player is with a DAC.

Good luck!

Don't know I have not try it myself.