SOLD.
Benchmark's Dac1 USB in mint condition. Benchmark co-developed the USB interface with Centrance to assure a bit perfect digital stream to the DAC1 without any of the usual fumbling with external drivers and such - just plug and play! Post at the Agon with pics:
http://www.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?dgtlconv&1241467741&/Benchmark-Dac1-USB-Silver-and-Per Stereophile's review:
"The low frequencies had both weight and definition, while the highs were more silky-smooth than I remembered from my original DAC1.
....the DAC1 USB is a superb-sounding device.
....the fact that it has an excellent-sounding headphone output with two choices of maximum gain makes it a bargain.
Very highly recommended."
"Other improvements over the standard DAC1 are: two gain settings for the headphone amplifier, selectable with internal jumpers; a (defeatable) muting of the line outputs when a pair of headphones is plugged into the left-hand of the two headphone outputs; and high-current output drivers for the XLR and RCA outputs, to allow these outputs to drive longer cables, low-impedance loads, high-capacitance loads, and/or high-inductance loads with no increase in distortion. "
The DAC1 USB has provided among the best digital I've experienced in my system, and I am sticking with a Benchmark Dac1 just in a different configuration.
$1025. Postal money orders, Paypal (please add 3%), personal checks, and other money orders are all OK, but the last two need to clear my bank before I ship. Buyers pay for shipping of choice.
Thanks for looking and happy listening!
