Best DAC for less than 2500 euros, New or used ?

[DeathFugue]

Is Chord readily available in Germany? If so, I really like my Qutest (It's $1600 in the US) or the Hugo2. Chord uses FPGA chips (long story short, they can be programmed to do whatever the designer wants, and they can eliminate shortcomings found in most off the shelf chips. To my ear, my Chord sounds more musical/analog than any other DAC I've owned, with more details and a wider/deeper soundstage.