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A sampling of transports feeding the Benchmark Dac1

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Associated equipment: 13x15x10 foot listening room. Von Schwiekert vr-4jr's 4 feet from backwall, 2 feet from sidewall, slight toe out. listening position 2 feet from backwall, 8 feet from speakers. Various transports as listed below. behringer deq-2496 fed toslink from transport. parametric equalization of about a half dozen major room nodes. benchmark Dac1 fed an aes-ebu signal and outputting through its gain stage to
emotiva RPA-1 200wpc fed balanced input

I sit in front of the big rig listening to Guster through yet another transport, this time the Sony Dvps-999es. This $200 player just soundly outshined a Pioneer dv-79avi, which sold for $350 on audiogon today. Its amazing what the saturated dvd player market offers up in depreciated gems like these two. Before them came the Denon dvd-2900, DVD-3800, the Marantz Sa-14 mkii and the Sa-8260. God bless audiogon for letting me buy, enjoy for several months, then sell at anywhere from little to no loss, all the way to making 50 bucks along the way. fun fun fun.

my arbitrary ratings, in no order:
1. marantz sa-14 mkii- the most musical of the bunch, serving the deepest soundstage and so-close-to-sacd resolution
2. marantz sa-8260- family sound for sure. all of the above, just not served in such ample portions. love the depth of field in these players.
3. denon 2200, 3800.- flat soundstage, uninvolving dynamics. dont miss them a bit.
4. sony 999es- love it. great resolution. IMPACT and slam in spades!!! didnt see that one coming. less sibilant than others, thanks much. great depth and transparency. very happy with this one.
5. pioneer dv-79avi- flatter soundstage but not as dead as the denons. quite a musical player in a rega-like laid-back politeness. can bore but also allows for marathon sessions with little fatigue. the sony suits me much better.



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