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| Benchmark DAC 3 HGC or RME ADI-2 DAC Digitally controlled analog volume control just means there's a microprocessor or FPGA that controls the discreet resistor network or ICs used to attenuate the volume in the analog domain.Other DACs with analog volume controls would be the Teac NT... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3 HGC or RME ADI-2 DAC The DAC3 volume did not have enough granularity for me to be happy with it. It was rather coarse in the steps available. This was with the digital inputs? I guess this is the penalty of using a pot. The RME doesn't have this problem as it uses ... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3 HGC or RME ADI-2 DAC No, the Benchmark's HGC is hybrid in the sense that its analog inputs are kept analog and the volume control is done in the analog domain, while for its digital inputs the volume control is done in the digital domain. So there is no AD conversion ... | |
| Benchmark DAC 3 HGC or RME ADI-2 DAC In your place I'd order both from an online pro dealer, compare them in my own system, keep the one I like more and return the other.Both are dead silent, high resolution, low distortion designs, with the Benchmark having a few dBs lower noise f... | |
| Bryston 3B cubed or 4B cubed? https://www.hifi-advice.com/blog/review/analog-reviews/amplifier-reviews/bryston-3b-4b-and-14b-cubed... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 - To 'mono' or not to 'mono' For the damping of the membrane movement - speaker's own impedance is in the series with the amp's output. Most of this impedance is resistive. A speaker relies both on mechanical damping and electrical damping, its Qms and Qes parameters; Rai... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 - To 'mono' or not to 'mono' Actually you might perceive an increase in dynamics with 2 amps bridged, not due to more power but due to the decreased damping factor of the amp.A lower damping factor will make the amp sound less tight and it may give you a slight bass bump at t... | |
| Benchmark AHB2 - To 'mono' or not to 'mono' What George said, bridging doesn't improve the sound quality, it just gives you more power for higher SPL, but it reduces the amp ability to drive low impedances.Do you see the clipping leds on the AHB2 constantly flashing? If not, there's no need... | |
| picking speakers (and electronics) for a relatively large room - new speakersDynaudio Contour 60Revel Performa F228BeampsBryston 4B CubedParasound Halo JC5DAC/preRME ADI-2 DACBenchmark DAC3L | |
| Preamps Another unit to check @ at the top of your price range would be the Levinson No. 523 (the same as No. 526 but without the DAC module); it would also match impedance wise with the 625. https://www.marklevinson.com/productdetail/~/product/no523.html... | |
| Preamps The Corus has a 60 Ohm output impedance and the CPA 5000 has 100 Ohm, they would be indistinguishable impedance wise into the 625's 40kOhm input impedance. | |
| Preamps I'd first try a Benchmark LA4 @ only $2.6k, specs wise it's SOTA, remains to be seen if you also like the sound (Benchmark offers 30 days in home trial). Compared to the transformer coupled Rowland i'm sure it's more transparent to the source. htt... | |
| Full Range under $5k-ish Revel Performa F208 | |
| Recommendation on power amp I'd also look at a pair of Bryston 28B3 monos. | |
| A tubed integrated amp for Joseph Audio Pulsars? ARC VSi 75McIntosh MA252 (hybrid with tubed pre section and SS power section) |