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[Haolemon]

Likely Fletcher is the onliest (as they say in the South)
one here to have compared these two devices, but I welcome
comments from anyone was has.  

Thanks

[Jason Livermore]

I had a dac for about a year.  It worked well, and i really liked using the volume control to a/b cds with my mixes.  Then I got  the lavry  824.  It won in blind listening tests against the dac.  It seemed a little clearer or brighter, not much, but enough  for me to sell the dac.

Jason Livermore

[jfrigo]

Haolemon wrote on Thu, 17 June 2004 16:49

Likely Fletcher is the onliest (as they say in the South) one here to have compared these two devices, but I welcome comments from anyone was has.

I have both in my mastering console. The Benchmark is a great sounding DAC, and when you consider the money, it's even better. However, when you spend 75% more for a Lavry Blue, you hope that money is buying you something, and in the case of Lavry Blue, it is. It's a bit more open and seems to let you see the details a bit more clearly. It also just tends to have more impact when level matched next to the DAC-1. This is not to insult the Benchmark as it is a fine product at an excellent price, but the Lavry does have the advantage. If you really want to hear something cool, listen to the Lavry Gold DAC924. That thing will blow your socks off! (and maybe cause trouble when your significant other sees the bill...)

[Nathan Eldred]

http://forums.mackie.com/scripts/forum/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=ge t_topic&f=1&t=006000


Here is a shoot out we did between DACs.  It's the perspective of the end user, which may be helpful for some of you.