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Benchmark DAC1 configuration
Hello all.
I've exhausted just about every possible avenue to try to figure out both the "best" way to hook up a Benchmark DAC1 (not PRE or USB version), and the "appropriate" way. What I mean is (please bear with me):
1. Has anyone out there had any experience having this unit perform as a preamp fed directly to an integrated tube amp? If so, can it be done with RCA interconnects (not balanced) going from the output to amp and another pair from CD player to amp (uncertain how/if this would work; I assume not?
2. If serving solely as a DAC fed into a CD player as transport, what is, in your opinion, the best cable to use (not so much brand, but cable type — though brands are welcome)?
Apologies if this is a bit newbie, but this is my first DAC, thus I am very unfamiliar with the logistics.
Thanks all.
I've exhausted just about every possible avenue to try to figure out both the "best" way to hook up a Benchmark DAC1 (not PRE or USB version), and the "appropriate" way. What I mean is (please bear with me):
1. Has anyone out there had any experience having this unit perform as a preamp fed directly to an integrated tube amp? If so, can it be done with RCA interconnects (not balanced) going from the output to amp and another pair from CD player to amp (uncertain how/if this would work; I assume not?
2. If serving solely as a DAC fed into a CD player as transport, what is, in your opinion, the best cable to use (not so much brand, but cable type — though brands are welcome)?
Apologies if this is a bit newbie, but this is my first DAC, thus I am very unfamiliar with the logistics.
Thanks all.