I got a blurb from Benchmark this morning that pointed to an interesting
study they conducted comparing the headphone amplifier in one of their
D/A converters with a couple of unspecified brands costing around
$1,000. They compared specs as offered by the manufacturer (including
their own) and found them to be comparable, but those measurements were
made using a dummy load rather than headphones. When they measured with
real headphones as a load, they found substantial differences between
the measured THD. Theirs was best, of course. Otherwise they wouldn't
have sent the press release.
Read the paper he
http://benchmarkmedia.com/blogs/whit...specifications
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