Originally Posted by
Sherwood
First, I don't know who George is, and second, I made the point that to "my ears" it was better. A while back was not years ago, it was in November 2016. I have just looked up the Benchmark DAC, and see that it was the DAC3 which had just been released. If that is midrange, than we obviously have different hifi budgets.
When the dealer substituted a mid-range CDP for the Mac front end, the performance picked up markedly. I also, had a DIGI+ and would not rate it in the same category as the Digione. The latter is far more revealing, which it should be at 4 times the price of the basic DIGI+. Still very cheap though.
I am not sure why you seem to be getting so irritated that I have a different experience of Mac audio to you.
Geoff (a.k.a. George)