Behringer DEQ2496 - worth using in hi-end system?
Dan, more refinement leads to placing my focus on the equipment...on the minutea in the sound...and to general dissatisfaction as 95% of the sound is perfect, except for That One Thing. I am slowly coming about, and considering setting a new course for less resolution, less detail...and less focus on the gear. |
See my long-running thread, How does one get off the merry-go-round? |
How is it as a DAC? Does it simultaneously output from both its analog and digital outputs? By that I mean: I have Denon universal player as my CD transport (with a Dac-AH doing the redbook decoding). I use the Denon's DACs for DVDa and SACD decoding. I would be hoping to go from the digital out on my universal player to the Behringer. I'd like to keep using the Dac-Ah for Redbook, but if the Behringer is a good DAC, I'd like to use it for LPCM stuff. But, I can only do that if it outputs from both the analog and digital outputs at the same time (so I could choose between them based on whether I was playing a cd or DVDa disc). The Behringer would have an added bonus for me as a musician (using it as it was intended, as a mastering tool). |
I realized tonight that I can take a digital ouput via toslink from my old but trusty Sony CDP77ES changer and input the signal to the Behringer's DAC. I can do an easy A/B comparison between the Behringer's output and the Sony's analog output. This should be fun to try. I had been all fired up to buy a Monarchy M24 tube DAC, but I think I'll slow down just a bit and test out the Behringer first. One interesting comment made by CC Poon of Monarchy was his suggestion of using the Monarchy DIP jitter reducing unit in conjunction with the Monarchy M24. I see that Behringer has a similar unit...the SRC2496...for about half the cost of the Monarchy DIP. Has anyone any experience with one of these reclocking units? Do they provide an audible benefit? |
