Benchmark DAC1 Pre USB D/A headphone amplifier Specifications

Benchmark DAC1 Pre USB D/A headphone amplifier Specifications

Most of this column is dedicated to two hi-fi products for the masses—not from Lvov, via Vladimir Lamm, of Lamm Industries; or from Leningrad, via Victor Khomenko, of Balanced Audio Technologies; nor from any other Soviet-born audio hero. (Neither Vladimir nor Victor is on the list of "Name of Russia" contenders for greatest Russian of all time.) Nor from any consumer audio company, but from the world of professional audio. An Iron Curtain almost separates the two.

Benchmark DAC1 Pre USB D/A headphone amplifier

Benchmark DAC1 Pre USB D/A headphone amplifier

Dec 28, 2008 First Published:Oct 09, 2008
Most of this column is dedicated to two hi-fi products for the masses—not from Lvov, via Vladimir Lamm, of Lamm Industries; or from Leningrad, via Victor Khomenko, of Balanced Audio Technologies; nor from any other Soviet-born audio hero. (Neither Vladimir nor Victor is on the list of "Name of Russia" contenders for greatest Russian of all time.) Nor from any consumer audio company, but from the world of professional audio. An Iron Curtain almost separates the two.

Turntable question.

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The Entry Level
Submitted by kyledbyron on

I hope someone can help provide some sort of insight to help me make a decision. In short, would it be better to get an entry level hi-fi deck like the Pro-Ject Debut 3, or a similar <$500.00 model, or a professional level DJ deck like a Technics 1200? Read below if you choose, this is the basic question at hand. Thanks so much for any help.

On Clear Vinyl vs Black: Round 2!!!

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General Rants 'n' Raves
Submitted by linden518 on

Hope you had a great Christmas season, full of love and understanding and peace and good will, blah blah. But here's one more voice which gives credence to the clear vinyl, Fred Kaplan's take:

http://blog.stereophile.com/fredkaplan/c...o%20the%20site.

As for me, I'd like to try for myself, the only way to find out... Buddha?

Ping JA: Dynaudio Sapphire review-recommended with a bullet?

Submitted by Stephen Scharf on

Hi John,

A lot of folks in the Dynaudio owner's thread in AVS forum are very interested in the Sapphire review in this month's issue. Can you explain what "recommended with a bullet" means? Folks there (including myself) aren't really sure what that means.

Thanks,
Stephen.

Buying New Pre-Amp

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Amplification
Submitted by tony3d on

I'm currently still using my 37 year old Crown IC-150. I was wondering if I will hear any tonal quality improvements if I moved up to a modern pre-amp such as an Emotiva RSP-2. This is the unit I have my eyes on. I know S/N ratios will probably be much better, but will it sound any better through say the CD input which is basically a straight through connection anyway. I know my Music Hall mmf 7 should sound better through the phono input. I'm just figuring, my IC-150 although in mint condition, is all factory old. Any idea's would be helpful. I do have a well trained ear.

vocals seemed to be distorted

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The Entry Level
Submitted by villamonte on

hi,

i just got my pro-ject dock box and i noticed that i got a bad output on vocals. when there is a part of the song that the volume rises, the vocals seemed to be distorted. when i only have a cable connected to my ipod, everything seemed okay. but now i got an ipod dock, it goes badly. any idea? is it with my interconnect used?

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