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I had a little hiss and hum first 10 hours or so, but than it just disappeared.
I finally plugged benchmark dac1 back into the system and it is a night and day in comparison . It is huge leap from glow dac, I finally got full bodied musical sound, with well defined bass and midrange and nice soundstage separation.
I compared headphone amp from benchmark to glow amp, glow only has about 40 hours or less on it, benchmark has cleaner, detailed soundstage, where glow is a bit muddied at the bottom, but it inserts a bit of air around the sound and you experience less fatigue while listening to it.
I will still burn it for few more days before any final conclusions .
So far, it is a good amp for the money , that tries to be jack of all trades, so if you are on the budget it might be a good purchase, but I suggest to invest in outboard dac
I finally plugged benchmark dac1 back into the system and it is a night and day in comparison . It is huge leap from glow dac, I finally got full bodied musical sound, with well defined bass and midrange and nice soundstage separation.
I compared headphone amp from benchmark to glow amp, glow only has about 40 hours or less on it, benchmark has cleaner, detailed soundstage, where glow is a bit muddied at the bottom, but it inserts a bit of air around the sound and you experience less fatigue while listening to it.
I will still burn it for few more days before any final conclusions .
So far, it is a good amp for the money , that tries to be jack of all trades, so if you are on the budget it might be a good purchase, but I suggest to invest in outboard dac