adurerca
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| Need suggestions for balanced equipment to Combat noise/hum You sound like a great user case for the Benchmark class "G" AHB2 amp and their preamp. This setup is well within your budget at about $6k for both depending on whether you get the phono or non-phono version preamp. You will certainly get absolute... | |
| Control volume with DAC or Preamp? Another option, try driving the amp directly from the dac. How does that sound compare with the pre in the chain? | |
| Control volume with DAC or Preamp? You have a really nice preamp that adds no noise or distortion to the music path. I would go with using the Benchmark pre for volume control. You should then turn the dac volume to 100% so you get the full signal going to the pre. The way it wa... | |
| Amp repair cost — is this right? I feel it is too much money to invest into an old piece of stereo electronics. It is like the old family car. First the battery, then the alternator, then the water pump then the radiator then the clutch then the oil filter housing then the tran... | |
| Benchmark LA4 Preamp? Agreed, they always respond to emails promptly and answer the phone! When my amp failed shortly after receiving it they resolved it promptly with a replacement. It took me about a year and it was totally unplanned but I eventually converted my e... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Thanks for sharing that recent interview. Pretty interesting information and something that resonates is the comment in regards to Benchmark's use of switching power supplies and how in there opinion, they do not understand the audiophile fixatio... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Also in regards to the cables, I had the same experience when I took out the Canare StarQuad and swapped in the Van Damme (prior to the LA4). I was trying to convince myself there was not a sound change but the details really did pop out more. | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Good morning, I received my LA4 yesterday and have been using it for all of one day. I think I am back in th preamp camp. But I am also a full Benchmark stack guy now so I think there is a large amount of system synergy taking place. With the LA4 ... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 @cal3713 I will be back in about a week once I get the LA4 setup. I tried using software volume control for the longest time but it was not convenient and dangerous if you made a bad slip of the finger to full volume. Having the DAC3L volume con... | |
| Some love for the Benchmark HPA4/LA4 Well, this is a timely thread for me as I currently have the Benchmark stack with their AHB2 and DAC3L. I am on the fence about the LA4 as I wanted to minimize boxes and cables. I got the DAC3L in order to have hardware volume control but now I ha... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic Hello,The minimum Y is 1’ at Blue Jeans so that means 2’ of Y and in order to minimize capacitance, I ordered 1’ IC’s. So the total length of my cable is 3’. But the split happens at the Neutrik connector so while it is physically part of the Y a... | |
| Doug Schroeder Method, Double ic I have the Benchmark AHB2 and DAC3 and came across this IC method on the Benchmark AHB2 Impressions thread. So I just ordered a set of balanced XLR Y-cables and IC's from Bluejeans Cables, as an experiment. The Y-cables and IC's will all be 1 fo... | |
| Want to Upgrade Speakers from Paradigm @teo_audio thank you for the suggestion to upgrade the crossovers. But what does that involve? Soldering or clip connections? What is the cost of parts and where to get them?I kind of like that idea of making them better than new if possible. | |
| Want to Upgrade Speakers from Paradigm Thank you Freediver as I kind of suspected what you are telling me: that I have a sonic disaster and acoustic nightmare . My Benchmark dac-amp combo is great especially in this weather. I did have a Pass XA30.8 but the heat input into my small h... | |
| Want to Upgrade Speakers from Paradigm I live in a small house with an open floor plan where the kitchen, dining and living room are one big room. The stereo is tucked away in a corner at the end of the kitchen cabs. The speakers are only 4'-6" apart on tile floors. The dining table... |