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Dac 3 review
https://www.stereophile.com/content/benchmark-dac3-hgc-da-preamplifier-headphone-amplifier
For once the subjective review is interesting. Jim Austen level matches two (very different) dacs and concludes that he can't hear any difference between them. Minor explosion on comments section. Also quoted in review is John Siau of Benchmark who reckons that a record player can be converted adc to dac in loop up to 16 times before you's hear a difference. And of course saying that the dac 2 and dac 3 sound the same [but nb the two dacs compared were the dac 3 and a ps audio dac]
The review seems to have snuck through due to accidental collision between editorial policies vis a vis agreeing with manufacturer and not upsetting the readers.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/benchmark-dac3-hgc-da-preamplifier-headphone-amplifier
For once the subjective review is interesting. Jim Austen level matches two (very different) dacs and concludes that he can't hear any difference between them. Minor explosion on comments section. Also quoted in review is John Siau of Benchmark who reckons that a record player can be converted adc to dac in loop up to 16 times before you's hear a difference. And of course saying that the dac 2 and dac 3 sound the same [but nb the two dacs compared were the dac 3 and a ps audio dac]
The review seems to have snuck through due to accidental collision between editorial policies vis a vis agreeing with manufacturer and not upsetting the readers.