On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 04:24 -0700, cliveb wrote: > pfarrell Wrote: > > I love my Benchmark DAC-1, I've got a SB1g. > > > > Depending on budget, things like Larvy Engineering 44-96 Blue Series is > > also in the range, it is about $1400. > > Lucid DA9624 is under a grand. > Pat, your reply seems to suggest that the Lucid is somewhere near the > same ballpark as the Benchmark. Have you compared the two, and are they > fairly close? Or have I misinterpreted what you wrote? The reason I ask > is that I tried the Lucid out a couple of years ago, and was not that > impressed.
I have not compared them. I tossed it out mostly because its price implies it is comparable to the others. For now, I'm happy with what I have, and don't have cash burning a hole in my pocket to drive gear lust. Stereophile (I think) recently reviewed the Grace 902 and said it was a little better than, and a little more expensive than, the Benchmark DAC-1. The Larvy get good marks in the pro-recording world, I've never seen a review in an audiophile oriented world. At these price points, I would insist on a trial purchase, or order two with an agreement from the dealer that I could return one of them. Good dealers will do that. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
