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Quote: Originally Posted by EliasGwinn It is true that the amplifier's noise floor will not go down when you attenuate the DAC1. Why not? Quote: Originally Posted by EliasGwinn However, if your D/A has reduced S-N and your amp applies enough gain to raise that noise...

Hi Shadorne, thanks again. I hope, Elias will catch up with this as well since he mentioned, DSPs are inferior in gerneral compared to potis when it comes to volume control (reference implementation assumed of course). You say one can't attenuate the noise further. Why this? If a poti is...

Hello Shadorne, thanks for your comment. I'm aware that real-life listening-conditions will be much worse in most cases - recordings nowadays often feature a lousy dynamic range (shame on everyone following this due to marketing b/s) not to mention the environmental background noise. But...

Quote: Originally Posted by EliasGwinn Here is the internal view of the DAC1 USB: http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/system...-rm_inside.jpg Here is the internal view of the DAC1 HDR: http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/system...hdr-inside.jpg Thanks for the update Elias. I knew...

Quote: Originally Posted by wavoman One of my DACs, which does re-clock for sure, can no longer reliably sync with the SPDIF signal. The manufacturer says it is the jitter I have introduced. Even though his unit re-clocks, the SPDIF receiver circuit itself cannot "lock on", the SPDIF...

Hi Elias, after some time again I want to revive two questions I had before and add another one: 1. DAC1 inside view Weren't you going to investigate why the inside views disappeared on Benchmark's web site? 2. Volume control Here and in the feedback newsletter you explained...

Quote: Originally Posted by bordins Even bits are perfect, but the S/PDIF stream can still have jitter (phase noise), resulting in improper audio reproduction in the DAC. That's true in principle, however the DAC's problem at the end. Trying to reduce jitter before the conversion...

@Elias Hehe, thanks for investigating. Not that I'd miss them that much, just wanted to prevent wild speculations on another forum about their absence in the first place. @denonfan If the connection works before starting any browser, it's quite unlikely you got a defective unit...

Hello Elias, as I recently noted, the "interior view" of the DAC1 picture gallery have been removed. One of them was available under: http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac1/p...-rm_inside.jpg Any special reason for that?

Hello Elias, thanks again. Well, actually it is the "old" DAC1 without USB - the one Allen Burdick owned before to be exact. Hmm, right now the slight noise is gone. It is not really an issue (right now), more a psychological one (a weak point of the 'perfect' DAC1 since other parts like...

Hi Elias, thanks for the quick reply, also if it is not what I wanted to hear. Hmm, so I interprete that as a "not so good sign". What causes that behavour actually? Why does it disappear again after a while of usage? Seems like a contact issue. Besides the slight noise occuring during...

The precise answer: As long as the external DAC does everything right (decent jitter immunity like DAC1 for instance), the resulting audio quality is affected only by the data. Some devices are unable to provide correct data and would have gained more sense in life then we were a toaster...

Hi Elias, after quite a while, I'd have two questions about the DAC1's volume control, important for me in particular at present: After having not used the DAC1 (the classic version) for about a month, I encountered slight crackling noises when adjusting the volume. Since it is for the...

Quote: Originally Posted by obobskivich the point on the PS3's transport being garbage is that you're locked into using the disc drive on the PS3 (if anyone out there has a PS3 and can clear this up 100%, that'd be great) as your input device for any media, so while the transport might...

Quote: Originally Posted by obobskivich no idea where you're going here, but I agree with what you're saying 100%, so I guess I forgive? (no clue really, if jitter can be corrected at some point, its "less of an issue") I was never talking about the PS3 as high jitter/low jitter, I was...