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10th February 2007, 05:48 PM
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| Gear maniac  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville
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| Apogee Mini-DAC vs Benchmark DAC Please don't shoot me. I am looking for a good DAC to monitor out from ProTools LE. I am just wondering if the difference is subtle between these two? I have heard Apogee converters many times but not Benchmark. Wondering if it is worth the $160 difference in price. thanks russell |
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10th February 2007, 08:22 PM
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| Lives for gear  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Texas
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| both are great cant go wrong with either... i have all apogee digital gear, but i wouldnt mind the benchmark |
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10th February 2007, 08:44 PM
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| Forget about both (and yes they are both great and you can't go wrong with either) and get a Lavry DA-10. You won't find a better (more accurate and natural sounding) DA for $1000 anywhere on the planet. Some Benchmark users have replaced them with the DA10. Paired with some really good active speakers (ADAM A7? Dynaudio BM(x)a's ? = monitoring heaven.  |
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11th February 2007, 04:00 PM
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11th February 2007, 07:56 PM
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| The fatal flaw with the Lavry though is that you can't mute the speaker outs when you're using the headphone amp (which is an insane design decision IMO), means you have to switch your speakers off when you want to check your mixes on the 'phones, unfortunately this was a deal breaker for me between the Lavry and the Benchmark. |
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11th February 2007, 09:35 PM
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    | i'll take all your used benchmark DAC-1s please....
__________________ 3WO - Mixing Without Tears "Tape is a mangler.." -- Slipperman // "The idea of the perfect album is this amorphous thing we're always aiming at. For us, it can mean something full of imperfection. Part of our aim has always been to destroy the sound in a beautiful way. It doesn't mean we expect everyone would like it. I'm not sure we will ever get there... but the whole point of making music is at least to aim at your own idea of perfection." -- Boards of Canada |
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12th February 2007, 06:03 PM
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| Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Nashville
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| lavry vs apogee or benchmark well, given that you cannot mute the monitors from the unit... i would count out the lavry for my use. that said, is that an issue for the other 2? also, i am planning on going SPDIF out of protools into the unit. so far... Apogee + spdif on back - 1 headphone output Benchmark + 2 headphone outputs - no spdif on back. i would need a converter??? thoughts? |
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12th February 2007, 06:51 PM
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See them here. http://www.neutrik.com/content/produ...=CatMSDE_audio
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