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BENCHMARK DAC1-Pre & iTRANSPORT BUNDLE
This product can only be shipped to US addresses. Brand: BENCHMARK Category: Audio Equipment, Preamps, Solid State, Headphone Amps, iPod Docks, D/A Converters, Computer Audio, USB Headphone Amps, USB DACS. SKU: WBENCHPRECOMBO Availability: * All specified ship dates are estimates |
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Three of the Hottest Products Ever Designed at a Special Package Price! The Benchmark DAC1-PRE Won "Product of the Year" Awards from Stereophile, The Absolute Sound and HiFi News in 2008! The Wadia iTransport170 Won “Product of the Year” Awards from Every Major Magazine in 2009! The Green Hornet is an Absolute Sound Golden Ear Award Winner! The new DAC-1Pre from Benchmark has everything you need! The DAC1-Pre is first and foremost a reference-quality DAC, with Benchmark’s award-winning 24Bit/192k digital-to-analog conversion. This DAC is dead-quiet with an extremely analog-like musical portrayal of instruments and voices. This can be the heart of any complex computer/digital audio system, incorporating six stereo inputs including an analog input, a USB computer input, an optical input, and three coaxial digital inputs. Its elegant analog output stage is what gives this DAC its supreme accuracy and perfect detail retrieval. The DAC1-Pre has a proprietary UltraLock re-clocking circuit to ensure you get bit-perfect transmission and complete immunity to jitter. Includes their incredible reference-level HPA2 Headphone Amplifier, a high-current output section with two headphone jacks on the front panel. There is a reason every audio magazine has gushed over this DAC...hear one for yourself! “The Benchmark DAC1 PRE is not only an excellent device for the money; it is excellent compared to anything that I have encountered at any price! To my mind, it is the beginning of a new era in audio, in which the regeneration of the recorded signal has become a solved problem!” “Not just good, but stupefyingly good! In every mode, it excels. It sounds natural and authoritative, almost valve-like in the mid and treble. Sublimely well made, it’s an absolute joy to use. It does what it should, without drama. It is truly the Swiss Army Knife of HiFi!” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The new 170 iTransport from Wadia Digital turns your iPod into an audiophile music server! The iTransport is the world’s first iPod dock to retrieve a direct digital signal from an iPod. As a result, the audio signal remains pure and unadulterated, providing better than CD-quality resolution from full-resolution file formats such as .WAV and Apple Lossless (.m4a). Every true music lover owes it to themselves, their music collection and their system to check this out! “The Wadia iTransport is the coolest product I’ve encountered in some time. If you own an iPod and a high-end system, the iTransport is essential!” “The iTransport let me hear every detail as readily as did playing [a disc] on the [$6200] Simaudio SuperNova. If there was a difference between the original CD and the digital output of the iTransport, I never heard it!” ============================================================ This Absolute Sound Golden Ear Award Winner is, by far, Music Direct's best-selling digital cable. The Green Hornet's ability to resolve digital information is astounding. Soundstaging, imaging and presentation of natural musical detail abound. Unlike other digital cables, the amazing Green Hornet measures a true 75 ohms from tip to tip, including connectors. The combination of this precise construction and the attention paid to reducing RFI absorption results in the one of the best digital cables in the world. The Green Hornet also has a Proprietary Fluid-Filled Dielectric making this cable impervious to any EMI-RFI issues! No other digital cable in this price range delivers such a smooth sound with its level of detail, resolution and articulation. A revelation with any transport/DAC combo. Included in the Harry Pearson's The Absolute Sound Ultimate Systems review. Benchmark DAC1-Pre
Digital Input Sample Rate Range: 28 to 195 kHz THD+N: -107 dB, 0.00045% (w/ -3 dBFS input) SNR - A-W eighted: 116 dB (w/ 0 dBFS = +20 to +29 dBu) Maximum Amplitude of Jitter Induced Sidebands (10 kHz 0 dBFS test tone, 12.75 UI sinusoidal jitter at 1 kHz): < -141 dB Maximum Amplitude of AC line related Hum & Noise: < -126 dB Headphone amp output impedance: 0.01 Ω Headphone amp output-level range (@ 0 dBFS into 60-Ω load): Off-to-+21 dBu Headphone amp THD+N: -107 dB, 0.00045% (w/ -3 dBFS input) For full specifications, see  Benchmark DAC1 PRE Manual (PDF, 6 MB), pages 39-44.Wadia iTransport170 Digital Output: 1 S/PDIF Coax (RCA) Analog Outputs: 1 pair of Unbalanced (RCA) Video Outputs: 1 set of Component Outputs, 1 S/Video Output Power Consumption: 6 Watts Weight: 4.6 lbs., 2.42 kg Dimensions (HWD): 2.7 x 8 x 8 inches Reviews for Benchmarks DAC1-Pre
HiFi News (PDF, 1.8 MB)The Absolute Sound Stereophile Everything Audio Network Tone Audio Audio Video Revolution Awards for Wadia 170i Transport: Hi-Fi+ Product of the Year Awards 2009 The Absolute Sound 2009 Editors' Choice Award Home Entertainment 10 Best Gear Award, January 2009 Playback Recommended Component, January 2009 The Absolute Sound 2008 Product of the Year Awards – Next-Gen Digital Product of the Year, January 2009 Stereophile Product of the Year Runner-Up – Digital Source Component, December 2008 Stereophile Product of the Year Runner-Up – Budget Products, December 2008 Tone Audio Product of the Year – Digital, December 2008 Stereophile “Class A” Digital Processors Recommended Component, October 2008 The Absolute Sound 2008 Editors' Choice Awards – iTAS, October 2008 At Music Direct, we offer our customers a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee on components, hardware and audio accessories. This allows you time to ensure you made the right choice. If you are not satisfied with your purchase, contact our customer service department or your audio consult directly to arrange for a return.
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