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TEAC UD-501 Dual-Monaural DAC/Amp
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TEAC UD-501 Dual-Monaural DAC/Amp
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Winner of Japan’s prestigious Visual Grand Prix Gold Award and one of Audiostream’s “Greatest Bits,” the TEAC UD-501 DAC/amp “invites you into each musical performance, making it downright difficult to leave.” Its dual-monaural design features two BurrBrown PCM1795 32-bit DACs, two MUSES8920 opamps, and two toroidal-core power transformers per channel—which together make for a clear, pure, three-dimensional sound. Along with native DSD playback at either 2.8 MHz or 5.6 MHz (DXD) rates, the UD-501 supports ASIO2.1 and DoP playback and PCM audio up to 384 kHz/32-bit resolution Read More
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keyboard_arrow_downsilverbot01
124
May 31, 2018
PSA: Most updated drivers @ https://teac.jp/int/product/ud-501/download . Japanese/International site has the most up to date drivers including important fixes and Windows 10 compatibility. American site's drivers are behind in both categories.
silverbot01
124
Jul 10, 2018
silverbot01In addition to the previous PSA: me and a couple friends have confirmed the UD-501 (and possibly other TEAC UD-XXX DACs do not function properly unless you use a short USB cable. 3 feet seems to be a good length. Longer distances than 3 feet seem to create intermittent issues with a computer recognizing the device. Try to ensure the stress relief on the cable is of good quality as well.
Such a great DAC at such a great price on MD, these easy fixes from the driver to the shorter cord should keep great.
Such a great DAC at such a great price on MD, these easy fixes from the driver to the shorter cord should keep great.
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ericlerouge
12
May 30, 2018
Thanks man... already did both upgrades 2 hours ago. I’m using the Teac player a lot. My version was from 2016 from the North American website . It’s nice to upgrade to a new version.
ericlerouge
12
May 10, 2018
Interesting... but from what I read on the teac website... there isn't much difference between this model and the UD-301.... Same BurrBrown PCM 1795 for example. I already own the UD-301, I wonder if this would be a good upgrade....
http://www.teac.com/product/ud-501/ http://www.teac.com/product/ud-301/
http://www.teac.com/product/ud-501/ http://www.teac.com/product/ud-301/
ericlerouge
12
May 10, 2018
Tidal Master (hi-res?) does not match local hi-res files in terms of sound... with my system anyway. I unsubscribed from Tidal, and even Spotify now cause I cannot stand the 'streaming' sound.
ElectronicVices
2940
May 10, 2018
ericlerougeI had dropped tidal before MQA, you've just reaffirmed my concerns over highly packed high-res streams. If anyone else out there is a MQA skeptic this article won't help... https://www.linn.co.uk/blog/mqa-is-bad-for-music
Granted Linn has a horse in this race with not wanting to pay licensing fees but they bring up decent talking points.
Granted Linn has a horse in this race with not wanting to pay licensing fees but they bring up decent talking points.
Fayne
2603
Mar 11, 2018
DAC arrived earlier today, been running it through its paces.
First off, this is *not* an amp of any worth and I don't understand why they label it as one. This is a DAC with a monitor port. It sounds purty and extremely clear via phones, but is worthless at driving planar cans (HE4xx & T50RPmk3). Turned the dial to 0 and my brains didn't attempt to melt, sadly. The monitor out on my Behringer XR18 destroys it, power wise. This was expected, and absolutely not why I ordered it. The single purpose in life for this unit is to provide fully balanced output to the aforementioned XR18 mixer, which will route the audio where it belongs.
The audio coming out of the XLR on this unit is nice and clean with no background noise (that my ears register, or show on VU). I've not tested the RCA (I'm too lazy to move the Dot 1+). The levels are FIXED, which is great for driving high end gear, but will require a preamp if you want volume control.
I've not had a chance to test how well it handles the SPDIF and TOSLINK interfaces, but I'm going to assume they'll work just fine. I will have to route some glastic from one of my workstations and find out.
The only real WTF moment I had with it was not understanding that it defaults to output on RCA, not XLR. Input selection is all done via jog, no menu required. Output selection is done via menu.
Would I suggest one of these at this point? If you need a DAC? For bloody sure. This will happily feed any audio device delicious sound.
First off, this is *not* an amp of any worth and I don't understand why they label it as one. This is a DAC with a monitor port. It sounds purty and extremely clear via phones, but is worthless at driving planar cans (HE4xx & T50RPmk3). Turned the dial to 0 and my brains didn't attempt to melt, sadly. The monitor out on my Behringer XR18 destroys it, power wise. This was expected, and absolutely not why I ordered it. The single purpose in life for this unit is to provide fully balanced output to the aforementioned XR18 mixer, which will route the audio where it belongs.
The audio coming out of the XLR on this unit is nice and clean with no background noise (that my ears register, or show on VU). I've not tested the RCA (I'm too lazy to move the Dot 1+). The levels are FIXED, which is great for driving high end gear, but will require a preamp if you want volume control.
I've not had a chance to test how well it handles the SPDIF and TOSLINK interfaces, but I'm going to assume they'll work just fine. I will have to route some glastic from one of my workstations and find out.
The only real WTF moment I had with it was not understanding that it defaults to output on RCA, not XLR. Input selection is all done via jog, no menu required. Output selection is done via menu.
Would I suggest one of these at this point? If you need a DAC? For bloody sure. This will happily feed any audio device delicious sound.
Gnomris
9
Mar 9, 2018
Is anyone else experiencing issues with Windows volume control with this DAC? I can't change the output volume. Is my only answer a passive preamp between this and my Liquid Carbon?
ElectronicVices
2940
May 10, 2018
GnomrisThis will also occur if you are in bit-perfect modes on the various different players out there, regardless of the DAC downstream
rsritchey
1
Feb 26, 2018
Would there be any interest in a drop for the companion HA-501-B headphone amp?
Painiyff
52
Feb 20, 2018
How is the amp specifically on this? Debating if I should be pairing a better amp than an O2, which is what I have right now...
silverbot01
124
Feb 20, 2018
PainiyffThe amp on this is probably comparable to the O2. Less power maybe but also less distortion.
newbee
28
Feb 19, 2018
hi there, could someone tell me what the total cost is delivered to Ontario Canada . do i pay a duty or is it incorporated in the cost. end cost lets me know if i should try this deal. cheers len. have not tried this system yet , so sorry for my ignorance ahead of time.
Brosefstalin42
260
Feb 20, 2018
newbee95% of the time I see people complain about customs duties, VAT, etc since international shipment is marked as purchase salle instead of gift like eBayers tend to do. It's the unfortunate part of dealing internationally.
Neomatrix
6
Feb 17, 2018
Could I use the XLR and the RCA output at the same time if I have 2 amps. Say use the RCA to the Bottlehead Crack and the XLR balances to the Massdrop Liquid Carbon ?
Loogs
5
Feb 17, 2018
NeomatrixThe UD-501 & the UD-503 cannot output XLR (balanced) & RCA (unbalanced) simultaneously. The analog line output is chosen/selected via the menu; one or the other. The user can pair headphone output & one line output together on the UD-501, though. Users are suggesting the UD-301 can output XLR & RCA simultaneously, but the manual does not confirm or deny this, stating only "Connect [line out] using a [cable] set of only one type".
BlueSkies
89
Feb 19, 2018
NeomatrixI have the UD-301. The 301 will output both simultaneously. However, you can always just split the line out on the 501 and do as any things with it as you want.
The 501 was not designed or intended to be a "do-all" desktop DAC. It was not designed to be a pre-amp, a headphone amp, or do anything other than be a top-shelf DAC. Very serious piece of audio gear..
The 501 was not designed or intended to be a "do-all" desktop DAC. It was not designed to be a pre-amp, a headphone amp, or do anything other than be a top-shelf DAC. Very serious piece of audio gear..
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