Hi all, I know that the Corda Opera and Benchmark USB DAC1 are fairly new, but has anyone had the chance to compare these two head-to-head (using USB DAC+AMP)? I suspect that the Opera's amp is noticibly better, but that the Bechmark's 24-bit/96kHz USB DAC makes up some of the difference...

Does anyone know which USB or PCI cards have the lowest jitter coax or optical outputs? I'm currently using a Juli@ in one computer, but in that case the Juli@'s internal DAC is feeding a multizone amp for a whole-house audio setup. For my "dedicated" listening room, I'd like to configure...

I just received some AKG K701s and I'm listening to them now via the headphone output of my Anthem AVM20 pre/pro (using the AVM20's internal DAC fed by coax SPDIF from my Sony DVPNS999ES). The phones sound quite good, even though not burned in. For comparison, I also briefly listened to the...

Hi all, This is my first post, but I've enjoyed reading and learning from you head-fi junkies. Some of you are clearly addicts in need of help; I understand completely, I think I feel an illness coming on Based on many positive reviews here and elsewhere, I recently ordered the AKG...