UPGRADING FROM DROP+Grace DAC - B3 Professional XLR or TOPPING E50 ?

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outlaw audio 976 7.2 balanced receviver
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Crown xli 800 xls 1502
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Crown xli 800 , Crown xli 800
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crown xls 1502
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nvidia shield (2017 model)
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PL-89
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i plan a upgrade an replacement from my current DROP + Grace Design Standard DAC Balanced unit

my current two picks are the TOPPING E50 & B3 Professional XLR dac both are in my price budget of 200$
which would pair an work best with my linux pc
an my Schiit stax of

Schiit Lokius 6-Band Balanced Tone Control
Schiit Magnius Balanced Headphone Amp
(all xlr connectors used)

iv got some spare trrs 1/4 to xlr cables that i can use with the e50 if i went with it

which dac use the best to go with
 
You might consider software Digital Room Correction DSP instead of that 6 band tone control... I use Convolution with FIR filters for DRC and add one of several old skool parametric EQs via VST plugins to add color and/or tube/transformer saturation...
 
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