On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 06:29:30PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > In my experience there is no comparison between my Benchmark DAC1 > and the D/A in our home theater. In one case the DAC1 is a $1K > converter driven by a spdif cable. In the other case it's a $300 > Sony receiver with probably a $20 D/A. No comparison as to which > sounds more accurate, open, sweet, clear and any other adjective > you want to use. I get far better sound using the DAC1 into analog > audio inputs than I do using the internal D/A that Sony put in the > receiver. If you don't mind my asking: just out of curiosity, what makes up the rest of the Benchmark DAC1 system? Have you ever heard of the "City Pulse 7.2x II" DAC? It came up in my research of DACs yesterday, and was generally compared to the Benchmark DAC1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
