AudioReview.com Forum Regular and distinguishing headphone audio enthusiast Ajani has reviewed the Benchmark DAC1 and AKG K701 system. This is for you headphone freaks out there, enjoy. You can join the AudioReview.com forums here, or write a product review of your own here.
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Benchmark DAC1 / AKG K701 System
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OK, time to turn off ‘When Doves Cry’ long enough to write a review of my new system.
First a brief description of my setup:
I have my entire CD collection ripped (apple lossless compression) to a Western Digital external hard drive attached via USB to my HP laptop.
Next is a Squeezebox Classic that I use to stream the music from my laptop. The Squeezebox is connected via coaxial digital input to my Benchmark DAC1 using an Audioquest G-Snake RCA cable…
Finally, I have my AKG K701 Headphones connected to the left Headphone Output of the Benchmark….
Volume on the Squeezebox is set to max and I use the Benchmark to control the volume.
So to break it down:
Computer & Hard-Drive = Storage Medium (like a CD)
Squeezebox = Wireless Transport
Benchmark = DAC & Headphone Amp
AKG = Earspeakers
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