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theycallmetak
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May 4, 2018
So it was delivered last September, when I unboxed it and hooked it up. Paradigm Atom v3 pair that had been reconed by Paradigm after the foam surround rotted.
I've got a Peachtree audio sending signal to a pair of Paradigm Shift A2s so I haven't really listened to this unit. I did so last night and it seems the left channel is down some measure of volume.
I thought it was the drivers I sent in so I took them apart and checked the crossovers and connections, then switched speaker cables, aux cable, played a CD, listened to white noise and mono recordings, the radio, did a factory reset, and compared the balance against the little Lepai A2020+.
The Lepai was rock solid with everything, and going through the same troubleshooting steps didn't change anything.
Best of luck to anyone who gets this unit on a drop. It feels and look solid but something is wrong somewhere and no amp that I've owned or installed or even listened to, integrated or not has had this level/bias/balance issue.
UPDATE 17SEP2018: I sent it in to Precision Sound Service in Santa Monica after calling and speaking to JR. There was a level issue with the amp, and there was no bias control or adjustment on the board. Onkyo owns TEAC now (as of August apparently) and they didn't have the parts to fix it, so Precision sent my unit back to them and they shipped out a new one to them, which they then shipped on to me. It was brand new (not a refurbished unit) and everything works properly. I've tested it extensively on every input and it's performing beautifully.
Restonron
0
Aug 14, 2019
theycallmetakGreat review and pleased to see that customer service responded to you. I have a Brennan B2, which rips and stores up to one TB of FLAC music files. As a backup to those files, I use a portable hard drive - my question is, can I plug the hard drive into the TEAC unit and access the 1300 albums / 16,000 songs I've ripped ? Thank you !
theycallmetak
1
Aug 30, 2019
RestonronHi Restonron, I can't recommend Precision Sound Service enough and am happy I got the issue resolved though it took some time. The TEAC CR-H101 can't be used as a USB host as far as I know so no, you wouldn't be able to plug in a hard drive with your backups to play on it. Based on what I've read about the Brennan B2, your best bet would be to use the SPDIF output to the optical on the TEAC. You'll just need a SPDIF/mini toslink to toslink cable which should be pretty cheap. My use case for the DAC portion was for my laptop when docked and used as a desktop, so the PC is sending the USB audio to the TEAC. Hope that helps and good luck!
Restonron
0
Sep 24, 2019
theycallmetakThank you !
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