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complicated things.

Here’s how we solved the problem.

The source we selected for these tests

was a combination of our CEC TL51X

belt-driven transport and the Bench-

mark DAC1 converter reviewed in

our last issue. We did that because the

Benchmark’s headphone section was one

of the products to be reviewed, and that

way we could keep the source constant.

We listened ﬁrst to three recordings

through the DAC1, but kept our conclu-

sions for later, since we had as yet noth-

ing to compare it to. We then listened

to the same three recordings through

the Lehmann and CEC ampliﬁers, and

then returned to the Benchmark. So let

us begin with the end, as it were.

f the name is familiar it’s because

we reviewed this digital-to-analog

converter from a little-known

company in our last issue. It’s

not expensive as high end DACs go, at

US$975, and fortunately it really is high

end. Benchmark Media, which produces

the unit, sells directly where it has no

local dealers.

But there’s more to the DAC1 than its

obvious function. Notice the volume

control on the front panel? It

can be disabled, and we

had disabled it in our

original session. Now

notice the two headphone

jacks? Yes, the DAC1 is

also a headphone ampli-

ﬁer, a function which, you

might say, is thrown in for free…as if the

DAC1 weren’t enough of a bargain in the

ﬁrst place!

Because we know that the DAC1,

plus our CEC TL51X transport, is a

highly credible source, we used that

combination for the listening sessions.

That way the source would always be the

same. We would listen to the Benchmark

itself ﬁrst, and return to it last for a ﬁnal

comparison (since we have no reference

headphone amp). To try the other two

ampliﬁers, we would disable the DAC1’s

volume control (by ﬂicking a switch on

the rear panel), and run a pair of our

reference interconnect cables from the

DAC1 output to the input of the test

ampliﬁer.

We began the session with the

Margie Gibson song we had used in

the headphone evaluation. It really did

sound…

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Brand/model: Benchmark DAC1

Price: US$975

Size (WDH): 20.5 x 21 x 4.5 cm

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Summing it up…

Headphone Ampliers

Benchmark DAC1

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