Jitter isn't audible unless it's massively greater than possible with any competently executed modern DAC.
The differences between DACs has narrowed to a point that in the finished product, they are virtually impossible to tell apart.
The Benchmark is a good DAC, it's as good as it's parts, so amongst the best made, which is what the measurements prove, but so are the DACs is modern AV processors.
We've had a £1300 Rotel AV pre recently, we have a Denon AVR 1700 professional AV pre and a Yamaha RXV667, all are virtually indistinguishable from a Benchmark and probably a Transit, so if you're hearing differences, I suspect there's something amiss in your system.
AV processors are at the cutting edge of amplification, DSP and DACery now as Yamaha as state of the art as anyone in Broadcast, music production and AV and one of the largest VLSI producers, so all proper stuff from proper companies.
Ash.
PS. if you Google, you'll find tests you can take to see if you can hear jitter.
The differences between DACs has narrowed to a point that in the finished product, they are virtually impossible to tell apart.
The Benchmark is a good DAC, it's as good as it's parts, so amongst the best made, which is what the measurements prove, but so are the DACs is modern AV processors.
We've had a £1300 Rotel AV pre recently, we have a Denon AVR 1700 professional AV pre and a Yamaha RXV667, all are virtually indistinguishable from a Benchmark and probably a Transit, so if you're hearing differences, I suspect there's something amiss in your system.
AV processors are at the cutting edge of amplification, DSP and DACery now as Yamaha as state of the art as anyone in Broadcast, music production and AV and one of the largest VLSI producers, so all proper stuff from proper companies.
Ash.
PS. if you Google, you'll find tests you can take to see if you can hear jitter.