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I've said it before - hype piled on Benchmark DAC-1 is total mistery to me.

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In Reply to: RE: DACs revisited: NuForce DAC 9, Lavry DA11, Benchmark DAC 1 posted by John C. - Aussie on July 27, 2012 at 06:11:22

It's really puzzling that this product gets touted as having high price/performance ratio. Mostly by clueless (about good sound) "pro" crowd, but still...

I had it for couple of weeks, long time ago, before promptly returning. My conclusion was;

- it is not a good sounding device in absolute measures;
- it compared unfavorably with two other DACs I had on hand at the time - PS Audio DLIII and Apogee MiniDAC;
- it's price/performance ratio is actually pretty poor.

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RE: I've said it before - hype piled on Benchmark DAC-1 is total mistery to me. - Daverz 20:34:22 07/29/12 (0)
I tried their newer HDR Pre model and didn't care for it. Too thin and squeaky. Perhaps this is ideal for monitoring recordings.

But it's not just the pro crowd that likes it. It's gotten a lot of praise from Stereophile.
completely agree nt - mbnx01 17:38:30 07/28/12 (0)
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"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
I agree. The Benchmark sounds 'shallow.' nt - scruffy_ 22:09:32 07/27/12 (0)

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