birdland odeon-Ag VS Perpetual Tech P1A/P3A/P3


hello everyone,
i have a question about the dac, i am looking for a dac for my mimik II cd player with a vt-52 tube amp, which one sounds better? since Birdland odeon-Ag and Perpetual Tech P1A/P3A/P3 are almost same price for used one.

thanks

yama317
"do you know anything about Benchmark DAC1? how do those two sound different??"

I have not heard the Benchmark DAC. Only got feedback from customers that do shootouts. No comparisons to Birdland, though.
"I have not heard the Benchmark DAC. Only got feedback from customers that do shootouts."

I have a ModWright Perpetual and am really currious what others have heard vs the Benchmark. Can you share their impressions??

TIA
Hi guys,it looks like you are in the same situation as me-looking for a good DAC and having too many options.Last night I did try a benchmark-the one thing that looked perfect for me-wonderful reviews from Stereophile and others,perfect mesurments stating that even a cheap DVD would do and so on. I tried it with philips 963 as transport,Audio research tube preamp,Kora tube power amp and magnepans as speakers. So my impresions are these-this is the most detailed,3D sound I have ever heard in my life,with deep and wide stage,rock solid imaging and unbelievable resolution but it does not have life in it.I did not really belive the things I heard,every possible bit in the recording comes out easy and floats in the air,but at hte same time you just hear what's on the disk but you are kind of separated from the emotion on it.I think I read a post in one of the discussions about the DAC1 and one of the guys said that it is too thin in the midbass-I tend to agree,after what I heard last night I think he was right-it is not something that you really feel,it is just the missing magic in the sound.You have no idea how sad I am now-the DAC1 was the perfect thing for me on paper and now i have to look for something else.If anyone finds a musical DAC with the things taht the Benchmark did-transparency,detail,imaging,please let me know,I will buy it immediately.
I have the Benchmark DAC1 and have the very same opinion. Great transparency and detail but not very musical. The Benchmark was created for the recording industry where transparency and detail are much more important than musicality.