cliveb;335647 Wrote: > Built-in headphone amp: nice touch. > Analogue input: useful. > > BUT... I failed to find any mention on Benchmark's site (including the > user manual for the DAC1 Pre) of remote control. Surely nobody in their > right mind would produce a preamp without remote control in this day & > age? If this doesn't have remote capability, then regardless of how > good it might sound, from a useability POV it falls at the first fence.
I too agonised about this and in the end went for transporter. It is simply brilliant - the displays are superb and for my purposes - the perfect decision. I had planned all kinds of fancy ui's such as server on TV, nokia770, duet controller etc - but the transporter with its ir remote control and displays is by far the easiest and quickest way of picking and playing music. I also use the transporter IR blaster to control my preamp and PAs - (the preamp is going eventually). Sound quality is on a par with my previous source (arcam alpha CD - very highly modded) - with slight differences rather than advantages/disadvantages I have coupled in the arcam via a digital input on the transporter - purely for the wife you prefers 'real' CDs. I think the DAC1 falls short in various ways - though I'm sure it would sound very good. I was also very impressed with the duet receiver analogue sound quality - far better than most peoples 'hifi' though I did feel the transporter outstripped it by a long way. Cheers Coppo -- coppo23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ coppo23's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17339 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51868 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
