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Dac1 vs. headroom ultra micro dac?

post #1 of 8
12/9/07 at 3:36pm
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I'm curious if anyone has heard both and made any comparisons? I know that the dac1 has a great rep, and also realize its output flexibility. I'm currently using a headroom '06 micro dac with my gilmore lite and macbook pro using the optical out and lossless and aiff files. No complaints really, just curious about a source upgrade. Thanks.

will
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post #2 of 8
12/9/07 at 4:35pm
i think the benchmark dac1 usb is the only usb dac that can do 24/96 natively via the usb port. not sure if you are looking for the usb comparison though.
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post #3 of 8
12/9/07 at 6:46pm
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I would probably use optical as I do now with the micro dac. Unless there was some advantage to using usb.
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post #4 of 8
12/10/07 at 6:42pm
I'm using the ultra microdac right now and it is incredible. I haven't heard the dac1, but I can say the ultra is a huge improvement over the regular microdac.
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post #5 of 8
12/10/07 at 6:52pm
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Originally Posted by cconnaker View Post
i think the benchmark dac1 usb is the only usb dac that can do 24/96 natively via the usb port. not sure if you are looking for the usb comparison though.
I think the HeadAmp Pico can do it too. However you can't use it solely as a DAC.
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post #6 of 8
12/11/07 at 2:13am
My 2 cents are that the DAC1 would be the more versatile and "powerful" sounding DAC, while the Ultra Micro Dac makes a great portable. The DAC1 has XLR and variable output options. FWIW, I love my DAC1 and will keep it around for all my CDs and computer audio. It's very crisp and plays nice with Senns and Grados.
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post #7 of 8
1/16/08 at 5:32am
I've got a Benchmark Dac1 Usb on the way and I currently have the microstack(amp/dac) that I've listen to for a long happy time(spdif) and will let you know.
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post #8 of 8
1/16/08 at 8:17am
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Originally Posted by IPodPJ View Post
I think the HeadAmp Pico can do it too. However you can't use it solely as a DAC.
Umm... no
Pico accept normal 48/16 over USB then Resample it into 96/24.
I already ask this in Pico thread.
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