[wsilvio]

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

 

[cconnaker]

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.

 

[wsilvio]

I would probably use optical as I do now with the micro dac. Unless there was some advantage to using usb.

 

[n4k33n]

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.

 

[IPodPJ]

Quote:

Originally Posted by cconnaker /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.

 

[Davesrose]

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.

 

[Drumonron]

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.

 

[Capunk]

Quote:

Originally Posted by IPodPJ /img/forum/go_quote.gif 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.