ezkcdude Wrote: > Regarding the Benchmark, I just read a review by Peter Aczel of The > Audio Critic (which for $12 gives you a lifetime subscription to the > webzine). This guy performs all his own measurements, and gives > no-nonsense, no-bull reviews. This is his conclusion, > > "It should be obvious from the above discussion, at least to those > familiar with The Audio Critic, that the Benchmark DAC1 has no sound of > its own, transparently passing on to its output the quality of its > input. Whatever sonic peculiarities may perchance be audible are due to > the input signal, not the DAC1 circuit. Even if the circuit were a lot > less perfect, that would still be the case." > > In the review, he basically stated that the DAC1 measures as perfectly > neutral a device as he's ever seen. Regarding jitter, he couldn't find > any "noisy sidebands" indicating jitter. Anyway, it looks like you > really don't have to (and shouldn't) shell out any more than the cost > of a DAC-1 (~1000) for the ultimate in CD playback.
"Even if the circuit were a lot less perfect, that would still be the case." News Flash- the DAC-1's circuit is not perfect. If I needed a DAC, for the same money, I'd rather have a Lavry Black. -- mauidan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mauidan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1679 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19636 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
