One follow-up: I had a Lavry DA10 in-house for some six weeks. I sent it back for a repair, they are backordered, and now I'm getting a refund. I guess I can order another one down the line.
Anyway, here's my take, having heard the Benchmark and, extensively, the Lavry in my house: I think the advantages of an ourboard DAC are minimal, especially once you consider the price. A thousand dollars is a thousand dollars and that buys a lot of CDs. Yes, there was some improvement -- some -- in imaging and clarity of minute sounds. Sometimes I could tell and sometimes I could not. (I had the analog outs going to one preamp input and the digital out to the DAC to another preamp input). Right now I'm living without an outboard DAC...and not really missing anything. Electronics by Bel Canto and Carver, speakers by Harbeth ($9,000 speakers at that). -- highdudgeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17948 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
