Benchmark Media Systems DAC2 HGC

Purchased in May and used as a headphone amp at work. Includes remote, batteries, fuses, stock USB and power cables.

The DAC2 is Benchmark's new 2-channel D/A converter. The DAC2 converter has lower noise, lower distortion, and improved accuracy when compared to Benchmark's outstanding DAC1 converter. The DAC1 has become a reference standard in many of the finest recording studios and mastering rooms. The DAC2 defines a new reference.

DAC2 converters deliver outstanding musical detail and precise stereo imaging. They employ an advanced high-headroom digital filter design, and a new high-sample-rate Asynchronous USB Audio interface. All inputs are fully isolated from interface jitter by Benchmark's new UltraLock2 jitter attenuation system.

Internal digital processing and conversion is 32-bits, and includes 3.5 dB of headroom above 0 dBFS. Four balanced 32-bit D/A converter are summed together for each balanced output. The performance of the DAC2 exceeds the measurement limits of today's state-of-the art test equipment.