PS Audio New Stellar Gold DAC

Please look at the Benchmark DAC3 HGC - Digital to Analog Audio Converter

This DAC has Four balanced SABRE ES9028PRO 32-bit D/A converters that are summed together to create each balanced analog output. This 4:1 summation provides a 6 dB noise reduction, and gives the DAC3 industry-leading performance. I have this DAC and it is excellent.

Price is $2,399.

See mfg link for more info

I’ll take the ps audio over any benchmark IF the benchmark house sound sounds like it did years ago: ear bleeding analytical sound, go into an audio show room and come out in seconds with a headache. PS Audio dacs, just the opposite.

@hgeifman - With all due respect I believe you've misunderstood how Benchmark implements the ESS DAC. "The DAC3 is Benchmark's newest 2-channel D/A converter featuring the new ESS Technologies ES9028PRO converter chip." That chip contains an 8 channel DAC, and they use 4 channels summed for the left and right channel to achieve the benefits stated: "Four balanced 32-bit D/A converters are summed together to create each balanced analog output. This 4:1 summation provides a 6 dB noise reduction, and gives the DAC3 industry-leading performance." The 8 balanced DACs are within one chip, not in 4 DAC chips as I think you were implying. Just a technicality anyway, but trying to be clear.

@bill_k, , Thanks for the clarification and I appreciate the detailed explanation.  It was very helpful.