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Squeezebox touch sounds better than benchmark dac1

Atleast on my system, the squeezebox dac sounds less harsh and has more body. The system consists of Dali Helicon mark 2 and mf nu-vista m3 integrated. Now i'm looking another dac that gives me significant improvment in sounds without the brightness of the benchmark. Any recomendation beside the w4s dac2?
thuhaile
thuhaile OP
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Well, I'm returning the Transporter. My unit's display goes on/off frequently on its own. I may stay with the Touch + external DAC.
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mapman
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I have not tried the Touch's built in DAC in my system yet.

Its on my list of things to do...
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ronrags
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Thuhaile-
I had the benchmark previously and thought it was a bit bright sounding for my tastes too. The dac in the touch is not bad sounding but I recently purchased the w4s dac 1 and it sounds much fuller and detailed compared to the dac in the touch. The sound was more open and cleaner too. The dealer where I bought the dac 1 recommended it over the dac 2 since the touch does not output thru a usb and I saved $500.
magnumpi205
504 posts
 
I went with W4S after hearing both it and the Benchmark.
The Benchmark is just way to bright while the W4S punches way above it's weight class in tonal richness without stridency.
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