Squeezebox touch sounds better than benchmark dac1

I use a 'Touch into a Dacmagic using the coax plugs. Amazingly great sounding in my system, much better than the 'Touch alone...and the Dacmagic was around $300 used.

I went with an mhdt Constantine for lower cost than Benchmark a couple of years back and have not looked back.

I use it with SB Touch, Roku Soundbridge prior, and my Denon player/recorder on occasion.

The sound quality is consistent and absolute top notch in all cases.

A very good SS DAC that shares some traits with the other popular tube mhdt DACs. Which sounds best will be a function of the rest of the system it is in and listener preference, though I suspect the COnstantine performs better in a pure technical sense (more like Benchmark) than the Paradisea tube DAC that is somewhat comparable in price, at least with teh stock GE tube.

Well, I'm returning the Transporter. My unit's display goes on/off frequently on its own. I may stay with the Touch + external DAC.

I have not tried the Touch's built in DAC in my system yet.

Its on my list of things to do...

Thuhaile-
I had the benchmark previously and thought it was a bit bright sounding for my tastes too. The dac in the touch is not bad sounding but I recently purchased the w4s dac 1 and it sounds much fuller and detailed compared to the dac in the touch. The sound was more open and cleaner too. The dealer where I bought the dac 1 recommended it over the dac 2 since the touch does not output thru a usb and I saved $500.