Hi, I am a new Squeeze Box owner and plan on integrating it in my main system. Amongst other things, this consists of Audio Physic Scorpio speakers, McIntosh MC-402 amplifier, McIntosh C-220 preamp, Audio Aero Prima CD player, and another gadget or two. Cables are uninteresting.
I chose the all-black Squeeze Box because it will look good with my system and it takes up the right amount of space. I am deliberately choosing to use it with a DAC in order to have greater flexibility (ie, to exchange it for other DACs, or whatever). My question is this: I have heard the Benchmark DAC1 and Lavry Black DACs and they convinced me that paying audiophile prices for DACs is now silly. They sounded terrific in my system -- both easily better than my CD player. The problems are this: aesthetics and versatility. These are studio, not home, devices and lack certain conveniences. Naturally, I started to look around, and I came upon the Bel Canto DAC3. I like the company, all the versatility is right there, and it looks great. It is upsamping, something Lavry seems not to agree with, but I am not technical enough to understand the specifics. I looked it up, for the hell of it, and the Lavry and BC use a chip that costs 10x the price of the Transporter chip (and the BC has even greater SNR, not that it matters at that level, of course). Oh, and there is this, too: the BC costs twice as much, even discounted. So....does anyone know anything about the BC DAC in comparison to these other two? -- lafayette ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lafayette's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30812 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
