Arcam avr-300 pre vs around $ 1000 standalone DAC

how the Arcam pre section compare to some good DACs ,like Benchmark dac1,Bel canto dac2...?
thanks alot for any input
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dienngo95133658410-30-2005 7:33pm

dienngo951336584 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 10-31-2005 at 12:37am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete i rip all my cd to pc hard drive in wav file, using foobar player ( asio output)thru Emu 1212m sound card ,and my amp is Jolida 302b( tube) Another question,thou,how the Arcam compete with the Jplida in 2 channel music ?
dienngo951336584 OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 10-31-2005 at 04:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Bbolival,How come an a/v receiver doesn't have a DAC ?many have more than 1, like the new top Denon,there're 18 in it! Thanks Mdc23 for the DAC name ,I'll learn it out. IMO ,The DAC chip itself is important, but the good sound need many other parts help, like the one in my Emu card , it's very high performance, but caps,opamps...is very cheap,and the sound is not so good( a bit thin and flat), however,it will beat any CDP around $500-700. Some guys at Head-fi.com mod the card with Blackgate caps,high-end opamps.., and they say it can compete with multi-grand CDP,but it's still 20-%30 behind the Benchmark! Back to the topic,how good is the Arcam preout ?