On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:13 AM, Matt Garman <matthew.garman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > I use an HDSP 9652 driving the Benchmark over spdif. Clock is transferred over spdif. I could likely do a little better with a word clock generator but don't want to spend the money. I drive an NHT-Pro A-10 amp/monitor combo. I didn't much care for the NHT Pro monitors when I got them but as with everything after some time and a little fiddling with monitoring positions I got comfortable with them. Today they suit me quite well. I've not heard of the City Pulse. I bought the Benchmark based on a review in TapeOp a couple of years ago. - Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
