New DAC Coming

Irrenhaus
Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
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Hi All,

So I have been looking for a DAC that can do DSD for some time now. The Teac UD-301 just went on sale for $399.00 from $549.00 and also has $100.00 rebate so at the end only $299.00 plus trow in a few award miles and is only $55.00 out the door not bad. Amazon says it will be here Sunday can wait.....

http://www.teac.com/product/ud-301/


Cheers
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    DSkip wrote: »
    I'll give you $60 for it.

    Hey I will keep it in mind.

    I was also considering the Essence DAC because of the HDMI input. But could not pass on the Teac at that price.



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  • polkfarmboy
    polkfarmboy Posts: 5,703
    Amazon does Sundays? Cograts on the Dac but me an skip aint goingto believe a wordthat comes out your mouth about it till we see those room treatments.
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  • WLDock
    WLDock Posts: 3,073
    Been looking at the Teac DACs....yet to hear them....but read a lot of reviews.
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    polkfarmboy wrote: »
    Amazon does Sundays? Cograts on the Dac but me an skip aint goingto believe a wordthat comes out your mouth about it till we see those room treatments.

    Yes they do here in the Bay Area. At first I was skeptical until got my delivery on Sunday.

    Does this wood panels count as room treatments is an old house and I am in the learning steps of room treatments........:')

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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    DSkip wrote: »
    I couldn't have either. The chord is the only thing on my radar that makes me want to step up in the Dac area. That hdmi input is killer for the projector. Keeps a receiver out of the mix and the sound quality up a few notches.

    Let us now how it sounds and congrats on a killer price.

    I will.

    I am not a good reviewer when it comes to writing but will do my best.

    Cheers
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    I was doing some looking around after checking out your new DAC and their headphone amp looks really nice. Dual mono, Class A. Perhaps someday when I'm done building my actual stereo.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    Congrats man, let us know your thoughts once you get it all set up and jammin'.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited March 2015
    My Sunday amazon deliveries are always by USPS too. BTW thats a steal :)

    Enjoy the DAC! almost bought one but ended up using my SACD players DAC.
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    So it arrive today. Got time to get it out of the box. I see if tonight I get some testing with a few DSD tracks.

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    Cheers
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    Looks great! I bet it sounds great too.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    If it's 1/2 as good as my TEAC UD-501 you are certainly in for a treat!!! Awesome sounding DAC that according to my ears is as far away from cold-sounding as one can get. Maybe the reviewer lived in Alaska & he wrote the review in mid January w/ the air conditioning on...now that would be cold, not the DAC. Congrats & enjoy!!!!
    "2 Channel & 11.2 HT "Two Channel:Magnepan LRSSchiit Audio Freya S - SS preConsonance Ref 50 - Tube preParasound HALO A21+ 2 channel ampBluesound NODE 2i streameriFi NEO iDSD DAC Oppo BDP-93KEF KC62 sub Home Theater:Full blown 11.2 set up.
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    Hey I will try to give it a listening tonight. So far I have only been able to get out of the box. Its Sunday kids day. I will see later on tonight.

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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    So finally got some time to play with the new DAC. I have to say the improvements over the Oppo are amazing. Last night listen to Nirvana, Patricia Barber, Diana Krall and Tool(MP3). The increase of bass output from the Linn's small towers is amazing no sub-woofer and I can fell the punch from them. The details in the voices was better and the piano wow. Next will be to try the Usher's. I am using Foobar as the music player.

    I also change the speaker cable to my old Prism Omni speaker cables and added this as a music server. Is an Intel NUC this thing is small and very nice.

    I still have to do some more tweaking and testing. I did rearrange the system yesterday getting ready for the arrival of the new sub, but know I have a hum and need to track it down.

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    Cheers
    :)
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    Congrats man, glad your digging it. Could be a preference for the Burr Brown chip in the Tech over the Oppo ? Personally I think the Burr Browns have a more analog sound.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    Nice to get some bang for the $55 bucks!
    Gotta love the large improvements. :)
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  • bryantspaint
    bryantspaint Posts: 114
    I have the teac ud301 also.Great build quality. Great sound. Have you tried the teac player?
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,024
    nice, I've been wondering about these.
    tell us more about the NUC - what, where, why, how :)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    Why not use the Oppo as your transport? (via USB HDD)
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    msg wrote: »
    nice, I've been wondering about these.
    tell us more about the NUC - what, where, why, how :)

    Here are some of the details of the NUC.

    http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-dccp847dye.html
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    edited April 2015
    steveinaz wrote: »
    Why not use the Oppo as your transport? (via USB HDD)
    I did have that setup before. Now from the PC to the DAC I am getting very good sound quality. I will have to try using the old setup again and compare.

    Cheers
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited April 2015
    My Oppo w/4TB USB HDD connected runs dig coax to my benchmark DAC. Love the setup for hi-res/flac files. It's the best "source" setup I've owned. Dead quiet/tons dynamic range/and zero grain or digital glare. I call it my "digital turntable."
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    Irrenhaus wrote: »
    So finally got some time to play with the new DAC. I have to say the improvements over the Oppo are amazing. Last night listen to Nirvana, Patricia Barber, Diana Krall and Tool(MP3). The increase of bass output from the Linn's small towers is amazing no sub-woofer and I can fell the punch from them. The details in the voices was better and the piano wow. Next will be to try the Usher's. I am using Foobar as the music player.

    I also change the speaker cable to my old Prism Omni speaker cables and added this as a music server. Is an Intel NUC this thing is small and very nice.

    I still have to do some more tweaking and testing. I did rearrange the system yesterday getting ready for the arrival of the new sub, but know I have a hum and need to track it down.

    cty896bqwe14.jpg

    Cheers
    :)
    Well added a cheater plug and the humming is gone. But still need to find out were is comming. it was not there before cleaning and rearranging the system. Is only present on the music setup not on the HT.

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    That's a nice looking Dac you got there. Sleek and simple.
    Now tell us about the NUC :smiley:
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    mrbiron wrote: »
    That's a nice looking Dac you got there. Sleek and simple.
    Now tell us about the NUC :smiley:

    Hey thanks.

    The NUC is a small form factor PC from Intel is only 4"X4" has a Celeron running at 1.1ghz but so far is working fine. They are also available with Core I3, 5 and 7. They come as a bare-bone unit. all is need it memory, SSD HD and OS and no fans.

    http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/nuc/nuc-kit-dccp847dye.html

    Cheers
    Rey
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  • Irrenhaus
    Irrenhaus Posts: 1,090
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    If it's 1/2 as good as my TEAC UD-501 you are certainly in for a treat!!! Awesome sounding DAC that according to my ears is as far away from cold-sounding as one can get. Maybe the reviewer lived in Alaska & he wrote the review in mid January w/ the air conditioning on...now that would be cold, not the DAC. Congrats & enjoy!!!!

    Hi

    I am having a few problems with the TEAC HR Audio software. It will not recognize any of DSF files. Any recommendations. It did at the beginning but not now. I have not had much time to play with the DAC with the work load.

    Cheers
    Rey
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