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(More customer reviews)For many years, I hung on to my Sumo Theorem DAC for it's ability to render high quality sound. Despite my collection of HT receivers with built-in DACs and sample rates up to 96khz (Sony, Panasonic, JVC), the Sumo beat them all soundly... until the SRC2496 took center stage.
I've been both a musician (retired) and audioholic for over 30 years so I think I have a good grasp of what musical instruments actually sound like. The SRC2496 has the ability to reproduce musical instruments with incredible accuracy and is by far one of the best DACs I have ever listened through (not listened to) regardless of price. It takes itself out of the equation and with it's upsampling and reclocking features, the improvement is immediate and striking. It also allows you to compare the straight through digital signal to the reclocked signal with a couple of button presses.
If your original recording is of poor quality, the SRC2496 isn't going to make it sound better but you WILL hear the flaws with greater clarity. Conversely, on a great recording, you will hear things that you didn't know were there before. Audiophiles would say that the 2496 is more analytical than musical in it's presentation but I'm not into the personification of equipment so I'll just say it's accurate and for some of you it might be accurate to a fault.
Pro equipment generally gets a bad rap from Audiophiles but this is equipment for people who make music, not critique it. As for the reputation that Behringer equipment has in some circles, (I don't know how it got started), This is my second piece of Behringer electronics and so far, they have been among the finest pieces of technology I have ever owned (I just ordered a third Behringer product). The price is a bargain, the quality has been superb (yes, I opened them to take a look) and the performance is stellar.
This review isn't aimed at the pros, it's aimed at the home user that wants a big upgrade without the big $$$. The 2496 is the price of dinner and a movie with your partner and brings digital quality almost to the level of top end vinyl (32-bit/192khz would put it on-par IMHO). If you're smart, stop reading my review and buy this thing if you don't mind having an chintzy (yeah, it has too many lights) box on the rack (I hid mine behind the rack) your ears will thank you.
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