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Re: Sounds Like My Experience with the Benchmark DAC....

All conclusions and opinions considered I am now in my 5th month of ownership with the Raysonic cd128. I basically have gone through most of the mentioned ups and downs, "haze" etc, etc. I am retired and proably put in 3 to 5 hours a day of listening time. I very honestly can say that the 128 now has totally settled in to real satisfaction at all times. It will let you know when you put a badly recorded disc on, that is for sure but I do not have too many of those. I have finalized the interconnects for the last month or so to solid silver core. The signal goes through a Dared tube preamp and then to a Nelson Audio 30wpc tubed amplifier. The output tubes on this amp were rolled a bit until I hit on a balanced quad set of Shuguang KT-66. That was the magic number and that is now a permanent install. Speakers are Maggy 1.6's using a 8" driver sub behind each Maggy modified to be an infinite baffle and crossed over roughly at 80 hz. They definitely melded at that point. I am totally pleased with this setup and all listners have felt likewise so far. Just give your 128 about 200 hours and some judicious tweaks and you will be happy.


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