Silver Benchmark DAC 1
On3s&Z3r0s
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Well, it's finally time for me to part with my first high-end DAC to (hopefully) make room in the budget for its big brother. The DAC is the Benchmark DAC 1, which is a full 24/192 2-channel DAC.
For those who aren't familiar, Benchmark started out making gear for industry pros and have gradually migrated more into the consumer market. The DAC 1 can do double duty as a pre-amp/headphone amp depending on your input needs. It has optical (SPDIF), coaxial, and XLR inputs and XLR and RCA outputs, plus two headphone jacks. The volume pot can be bypassed if you'll be running it through a pre-amp. I ran it via the XLR outs to a B&K amp, and I really liked the combination of the DAC's accuracy and the amp's neutrality. Like I said I'm hoping to upgrade to one of the newer models with a set of analog inputs so I can run a tuner through the DAC and not have to mess with a separate pre.
Anyway, I'm asking $650 for it including CONUS shipping, PayPal fees to be covered by the buyer. I'm the second owner and it's still in very nice shape, conservatively 8/10. I can't see any blemishes on the faceplate, top or sides, there are a couple very minor scratches on the backplate. It's in perfect working order and has all the original packing, docs, stock power cable, fuses, and an RCA adapter for the coaxial input. For some reason the label on the box says it's the black model, but as you can see in the pics it has a silver faceplate.
Feel free to PM or post with any questions, thanks all!
For those who aren't familiar, Benchmark started out making gear for industry pros and have gradually migrated more into the consumer market. The DAC 1 can do double duty as a pre-amp/headphone amp depending on your input needs. It has optical (SPDIF), coaxial, and XLR inputs and XLR and RCA outputs, plus two headphone jacks. The volume pot can be bypassed if you'll be running it through a pre-amp. I ran it via the XLR outs to a B&K amp, and I really liked the combination of the DAC's accuracy and the amp's neutrality. Like I said I'm hoping to upgrade to one of the newer models with a set of analog inputs so I can run a tuner through the DAC and not have to mess with a separate pre.
Anyway, I'm asking $650 for it including CONUS shipping, PayPal fees to be covered by the buyer. I'm the second owner and it's still in very nice shape, conservatively 8/10. I can't see any blemishes on the faceplate, top or sides, there are a couple very minor scratches on the backplate. It's in perfect working order and has all the original packing, docs, stock power cable, fuses, and an RCA adapter for the coaxial input. For some reason the label on the box says it's the black model, but as you can see in the pics it has a silver faceplate.
Feel free to PM or post with any questions, thanks all!