highdudgeon Wrote: > I have a new Lavry DAC - which, unlike benchmark, re-clocks incoming > signal -- and I'm curious to see what the difference will be. I do > know that, with a CD player, the difference is night and day.-
? The Benchmark DAC1 reclocks. From what I've read it's one of the best DACs around when it comes to jitter. >From the reviews I've read the Benchmark and Lavry da2002 should be able to go toe to toe (Stereophile has one I believe). Clearly the Lavry will have a bit of an edge. highdudgeon Wrote: > Of course, the cost/benefit curve is rather steep... That's always a good point. Everything is always moving in the audio world, but I think the one component you dont want to drop too much on (personally) is the DAC - if only because the technology is advancing so quickly. I friend of mine has a slightly older Meridian transport and DAC. I can confidently put my SB2 and Benchmark (yes, and the SB2 solo) up against it. In a couple of years I fully expect a DAC that blows the Benchmark away for half the price. So with that in mind the Benchmark was the right performance/price tradeoff for me at the moment. If was in the position of having a SB2/3 and a few grand budget, I'd certainly drop all that into the amp and speakers. Once you get into the 10k mark I think an external DAC starts to become relevant. I'm not keen on arbitrary rules of thumb, but I guess all this means it that I believe a DAC should be around 10-15% of a total system. -- jhwilliams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jhwilliams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
