apogee vs benchmark, lets just say that both are very good and highly regarded units, and it really depends on ones setup and ears.
For sure - when I decribe Benchmark as thin and detailed with precise and narrower soundstage I was trying to describe it realtive to other DAC's. Frankly, the differences between DACS are not something that worries me and my tine ears all that much. I'd say it is all pretty close when you got my kind of ears...