I would not describe it as clinical. Indeed, I gravitated to it based on reviews that said it was more analog-like, which is what I was looking for. As you can see from my signature, I'm running the digital stream through a Behringer SRC2496 upsampler first (a recent addition). I am quite satisfied with the combo and it did not cost me an arm and a leg.
FWIW, I have not seen the clinical descriptor assigned to the Chinese DACs. I have heard that some of the non-oversampling units sound great on good recordings and are hard to listen to on less than stellar ones. Moreover, regarding clinical DACs, I have read that the Benchmark can be on the clinical side, but seeing as how I have not heard one myself, I cannot confirm or deny that that is true. -- Videodrome Two-channel System: SB3 -> Behringer SRC2496 -> Musiland MD-10 DAC; Outlaw 970 Pre/Pro; McCormack DNA-125 amplifier; Quad 11L speakers; Sota Sapphire ttbl. w/ Grado Ref. Platinum Cartridge -> Rolls Bellari VP-129 tube phono stage; Marantz 10b; Nakamichi RX505; Cables Used: DH Labs, Van den Hul, Distech, Monster, many more. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Videodrome's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11727 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37184 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
