Hi!
First of all I would like to thank you for your excellent products. I bought a DAC1 PRE in 2009, and I still use it every day in my setup.

As I do have a rather nice preamp (McIntosh C41) I'd like to see a version of DAC2 HGC without preamp and volume control. I would think that many others also might prefer a standalone DAC, even if this creates an extra link in the chain with possible distortion as a result.

I don't work for Cardas, but I have certain expectations of a $1,000+ DAC. One of them is Cardas RCA Jacks. They're sturdy, and that's important with how often I connect/reconnect equipment.

I have a Benchmark Dac1 USB.  I do not have a stereo pre-amp at this time.

I do have a Lexicon MC-4 surround processor in which I use 2-channel bypass when playing music in 2-channel because, (in my opinion), the DAC1 USB is superior to the Lexicon MC-4's DAC when listening to 2-channel stereo.  The Lexicon is simply used for a gain at this point.  I would like to buy the Benchmark DAC1 HDR, but it lacks a home theater bypass.

I am a happy owner of a DAC-1 used in a two channel music only system. The sound quality and construction quality are superb. Most of the time the DAC-1 provides all the features I need, input selection and volume control. However ....

Hi,

I was reading the design ideas of the Chord QBD76 DAC and I see that they discuss about the filter tap lengths and that the longer the tap length the better the sound quality.

http://jumpmonkey.fileave.com/Digital%20Technology%20Notes%20QBD76.pdf

Could you tell what is the tap length of the filter employed in DAC1? Would the sound quality increase with an increase of the filter tap length?

Thank you!

Add a big numerical Volume Level Display to the DAC1 HDR.  This display could show attenuation in -Db, or on an increasing numerical scale from 0 to N, or be switchable between the two.   It could be mounted in the faceplate or sold as a separate add-on product.  Check out the big displays on the ARC preamps or the cool dot matrix display on the Resolution Audio Cantata.  On the DAC1 HDR it would be nice to see the volume setting from across the room, and to be able to repeat exact volume settings when needed. 

 Revealing, revealing, revealing. The DAC 1 has effectively taken the towels off my monitors and the cotton out of my ears. It's 

 a good value to boot. Try it, you'll like it.

 a limited edition version of the HDR with cost no object parts