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Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« on: November 25, 2007, 11:43:05 PM »
Thinking of pulling the trigger on one of these, any opinions, pros/cons on these DAC's

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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2007, 06:18:17 AM »
you might also check out the Lavry DA10 and the Mytek Stereo96 DAC in the same price range...

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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2007, 07:18:53 AM »
I'll be able to give you opinions this week as my Apogee shows up.
can't go wrong w/the benchmark.  the apogee has more inputs and all controls on the face.  pretty lights too....have to count that as a plus.
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2007, 11:43:45 AM »
i love the DAC1 as used in my playback and studio monitoring setup.  really evens out the highs and the lows, eliminates a lot of that mid-range wonkiness. 


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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2007, 01:03:48 PM »
i love the DAC1 as used in my playback and studio monitoring setup.  really evens out the highs and the lows, eliminates a lot of that mid-range wonkiness. 


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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2007, 06:10:26 PM »
you might also check out the Lavry DA10 and the Mytek Stereo96 DAC in the same price range...

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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2007, 06:28:45 PM »
do you have to have USB capability?

If not I'll suggest the Bel Canto DAC2 - nice musical sounding DAC with excellent detail. Sort of reminds me of the old Apogee ad1000 sound :)

Bel Canto has released their own USB DAC, the DAC3 but I have not heard it
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2007, 07:09:11 PM »
I *still* have not had a BC DAC.  though I've always wanted one.
I figure you can't go wrong with anything "Apogee" in the digital realm. 

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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2007, 07:26:43 PM »
I'm a little surprised you haven't had one, slut that you are ;D

Moke had one for a while too

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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2007, 10:02:12 PM »
I preferred the Mytek in head-to-head comparisons with both a DAC-1 and a Bel Canto DAC (2 or 2.1, I think – my memory escapes me).
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2007, 12:05:19 AM »
I preferred the Mytek in head-to-head comparisons with both a DAC-1 and a Bel Canto DAC (2 or 2.1, I think – my memory escapes me).

If you're thinking of the Bel Canto to which we listened, Matt, it was a BC DAC 1.1.
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2007, 06:44:24 AM »
Doh! Brian to the rescue. Apologies for misleading.
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2007, 07:01:13 AM »
i'm hoping that after I get familiar w/the Apogee, a Mytek owner will want to do a swap w/me for a few weeks.
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2007, 06:35:37 PM »
I preferred the Mytek in head-to-head comparisons with both a DAC-1 and a Bel Canto DAC (2 or 2.1, I think – my memory escapes me).

If you're thinking of the Bel Canto to which we listened, Matt, it was a BC DAC 1.1.

Having owned both the 1.1 and the 2.0 I'd reserve judgment on the BC until you hear the 2.0. They are two different beasts and other than having the same case they don't share much else in common.
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Re: Benchmark DAC 1 or Apogee mini DAC?
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2007, 01:18:05 AM »
Mytek should be considered in my opinion. I preferred it by a vast margin to most everything I listened to including some really high dollar items(Lavry Gold, DCS, Prism, now Crane Song, Benchmark, Grace) that I would never be able to afford unless I was an illegal immigrant.


 

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