Teac brings back the VRDS!

[hifinutt]

personally in your situation of having to sell the melco to fund the purchase , i reckon the part ex deal is the best and safest option

 

[allthingsanalog]

personally in your situation of having to sell the melco to fund the purchase , i reckon the part ex deal is the best and safest option

I agree.

 

[Mowgli]

Now I feel silly!

I wasn’t looking at both the XLR's! I assumed one was an XLR out digital and didn’t even spot the other one!

Then Yes, no XLR is a deal breaker!

I would agree no AES/ABU output is a glaring omission on a transport at this price level.

I can also confirm the Moon 260D transport is exceptionally quiet.

 

[JonR]

If you want SACD as well there’s always this from Technics:

https://www.av.com/Hi-Fi/Technics-S...MvUSY3o0ue_17x-EKyMr6dvzpRvMMT3BoCXacQAvD_BwE

I must admit this player interests me in particular because not only does it play CD and SACD but it includes a streamer too.

At £2,899 though, it’s pricey.

 

[AudioAl]

Teac are also Esoteric

 

[daytona600]

I must admit this player interests me in particular because not only does it play CD and SACD but it includes a streamer too.
Marantz SACD30N

 

[oceanobsession]

https://www.hifi.blog/teac-70th-ann...01-cd-player-and-teac-vrds-701t-cd-transport/

 

[hifinutt]

Has anyone bought one yet and can comment on drive noise ? I could pop into the shop but they are probably only to order and not on demo

Be nice to see the supplied remote too

 

[NeilK]

Looks nice, but does that heavyweight 'bridge' do very much? You've to remember that there was VRDS and VRDS, not all equal by any means - in fact I remember Lukas did some interesting tear downs many years ago (let me go find the bookmark ... there it is: http://www.lampizator.eu/lampizator/references/TEAC-T1/VRDS-T1.html ).

As for the lack of AES/EBU, it is not that different from SPDIF - unless you've meters of cable! In a domestic situation I doubt one could tell the difference.

 

[Alex S]

Then there's the £1k TEAC linked to in the Schiit transport thread:

I wonder how the new Teac transport would compare? https://eu.teac-audio.com/en-GB/audio-hifi/audio-players/cd-players/pd-505t-cd-transport/p/252512
Same price as the Audiolab 9000cdt and uses the same drive.

 

[oceanobsession]

Then there's the £1k TEAC linked to in the Schiit transport thread:

i like the look of this , no pics online of the insides , butt apparently uses seperate transformers . phil.

 

[boegelund]

You can store the Teac anywhere from minus 20 to plus 55 centigrade according to the specs. That’s impressive.

Nice to know living in Arctic and Africa.

 

[Whaleblue]

Nice to know living in Arctic and Africa.

OK even in Death Valley… for now…

https://www.scientificamerican.com/...-set-a-world-record-hot-temperature/?amp=true

131F = 55C

 

[hifinutt]

review here worth watching of this lovely bit of kit

 

[CTank]

Something very appealing about that indeed.

 

[tonyx]

I am wondering if I should move on my Naim CD5SX and power supply in favour of this, I could feed my WiiM mini straight into it, I would not need a DAC, so three boxes become one. But could still upgrade to a better DAC in future if needed. I am guessing that the sound would be at least as good.

 

[tonyx]

Further research and I cannot see that there is a dealer with a shop where I can go and look at this unit. Maybe there is? Assuming I would have to buy online, I would need to be prepared to take advantage of my right to cancel (under regulation 29 of the The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013) to test the unit out in comparison with what I have but it would be better to have a loan unit from a dealer.

 

[Alex S]

If you want SACD as well there’s always this from Technics:

https://www.av.com/Hi-Fi/Technics-S...MvUSY3o0ue_17x-EKyMr6dvzpRvMMT3BoCXacQAvD_BwE

I must admit this player interests me in particular because not only does it play CD and SACD but it includes a streamer too.

At £2,899 though, it’s pricey.

I ended up getting one, very well put together, functionally good and sonically very good, especially as a disk player.

 

[hifinutt]

Further research and I cannot see that there is a dealer with a shop where I can go and look at this unit. Maybe there is? Assuming I would have to buy online, I would need to be prepared to take advantage of my right to cancel (under regulation 29 of the The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013) to test the unit out in comparison with what I have but it would be better to have a loan unit from a dealer.

yes audio affair have a physical shop and so do peter tyson