I own a similar system and would highly recommend the Lampizator Big 7 Dac. I owned the Audio Research Dac 8 (have not heard the CD9's Dac) and the Playback Designs MPD-3. IMHO the Lampizator is vastly superior to either one (at least in my system and to my ears). If you have the chance to audition one before taking the plunge please do.
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Mac Mini 2012 SSD - Lampi Big 7 DAC - Oppo BDP 95
ARC Ref 10 preamp - ARC Ref 150SE amp
MartinLogan CLX Art Speakers - MartinLogan Balanced Force 210 Subs - Shunyata Anaconda speaker cables & Interconnects - Shunyata DPC-6 / Triton v2
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