If you like the sound of the Arcam then get an Arcam Dac! You can get
them for 100 UK pounds from eBay (in fact I think I have one somewhere
you can have for £100).
I'd be wary of the Benchmark myself (and possibly any oversampling
DAC). Some people think they sound clinical, cold, flat,
I have a Arcam FMJ-CD23T and I have always loved the sound of Arcam (I
also have a Arcam amp and cinema processor). In case you don't know
the CD23T, it was sold upwards of $2000 a few years ago and it has the
famous DCS RingDAC inside.
A few months ago I bought a MHDT Paradisea DAC. Those
Just to add my UKP0.02 worth...
I'd moved my entire system from the dining room recently (SB3, Arcam
Black Box 50, Yamaha DSP-A592, Eltax Symphony 6) as I needed to use it
elsewhere (and took the opportunity to have a tidy-up). When I
reconnected I just did a minimal setup as I'm moving house in
Squirrel Wrote:
ModelCitizen - which Arcam DAC are you selling for £100? If nobody else
buys it I might well be interested...
It's an Arcam Black Box 5. As I can find exactly no info on the web
about this box and have no manual I'd be very interested if you knew
anything about it (even the
Apogee's Mini-DAC is very impressive.
http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/minidac.php
--Richard E
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Mike Anderson wrote:
ModelCitizen Wrote:
I'd be wary of the Benchmark myself (and possibly any oversampling DAC).
Some people think they sound clinical, cold, flat, lifeless and two
dimensional.
Who says that? I love my DAC1, I don't think it sounds clinical, cold,
lifeless or flat at all.
Squirrel Wrote:
Just to add my UKP0.02 worth...
I'd moved my entire system from the dining room recently (SB3, Arcam
Black Box 50, Yamaha DSP-A592, Eltax Symphony 6) as I needed to use it
elsewhere (and took the opportunity to have a tidy-up). When I
reconnected I just did a minimal setup
