Benchmark DAC1 HDR. Why? 1. One box DAC/pre solution with remote analogue volume control and balanced out 2. Preamp inputs (used for XTZ Room Analyzer) 3. Many digital inputs (USB laptop, coax from old Cambridge Audio CD player, optical from SB Touch) 4. Headphone amp 5. Internal jumpers for configurable gain (I use -30dB for balanced out and -20dB for headphone out) 6. Good measured performance of DAC, pre and headphone stages
IMO it sounds fine - better than SB Touch analogue outputs but I would say the difference is subtle (as expected). I've not checked this rigorously, but I get the impression it sounds best after a warm up period. I don't know of an alternative with all the above (unless I spend many times more, on multiple boxes). Darren +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Filename: 2012-04-14 16.56.20.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13280| +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72018 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
