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In Reply to: Hey Scrith... Question: posted by Presto on September 10, 2006 at 15:32:06:
The Benchmark DAC1 resamples all inputs to 110K internally. The user is free to use whatever sample rate they want (44.1 most of the time, I assume, but it supports inputs of up to 192).Yes, it does seem like a bad idea on the surface. But this is how they reduce the effect of jitter. I've owned and used Benchmark DAC1s for a couple of years and I can assure you they sound fantastic. I am currently using a Lavry DA10, which sounds very similar, perhaps a bit better to my ears, but it any event it allows me to use a jitter-prone source (computer) without resampling (which I think is a bad thing, generally).
If Benchmark ever came out with a DAC with USB input (which didn't convert to S/PDIF internally, as it should be done) I would probably buy it. If it didn't need to resample to 110K I would really want to purchase it. And if they came up with their own USB driver that supported some kind of asynchronous I/O (or a similar driver that used an Ethernet or Firewire interface) I would be the first one in line with the cash for it!
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- Re: Hey Scrith... Question: - Scrith 13:08:20 09/11/06 (1)
- I have a wish list too... - Presto 15:14:51 09/12/06 (0)
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