Have 2 Benchmark LA-4 pre amps. NO DAC inside, Using both balanced. Made in NY, 30day trial I believe, remote extra. Around 3k each, definitely priced very fairly. Rory, who will answer the phone is very knowledgeable! If you try it, You will keep it!
Using external DAC with preamp with built-in DAC
I need a new preamp. Most of the new preamps I've looked at do far have built-in DACs. My old one did not and I ran the digital outputs from my CD player into my DAC, then ran the outputs from my DAC into my preamp's CD input and it worked well. It seems like I should be able to do that with newer preamps with built-in DACs too. Will this still work? I like the sound of the DAC I'm using now.