Lavry DA10 vs Benchmark DAC1: DEATHMATCH

Two top DA converters in the $1000 range fight it out.

Referried by Dan Richards

The Benchmark DAC1 — the crowning champion for stand-alone D/A converters in the $1000 range — is now being challenged by the Lavry DA10; a newcomer from a highly-respected converter company, Lavry Engineering.

The two will go head-to-head in a no-rules deathmatch.

Click here to follow the Deathmatch round by round.

Dan Richards is the editor of Studio Reviews Magazine. He is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, engineer and producer. He was a 115th AES Panelist in NYC for the tutorial seminar, "All About Microphone Preamplifiers". Dan is interviewed in the Nov/Dec 2004 issue #44 of Tape Op magazine. Dan is currently producing and engineering The Listening Sessions where he has spent the last several years using and listening to over 100 mic preamps. He's known in online circles as "Dot" and co-moderates the Recording Forum with Ronan Chris Murphy at Studio Forums. Dan recently worked as an engineer, recording Terry Bozzio for Ronan Chris Murphy's upcoming solo album.