Stan's New Dac - any reviews yet?

[Spur07]

just wondering,

has any AOS members had the chance to compare stan's new beresford to the 7510+ yet?

or is the great man himself prepared to give us his own unbiased opinion

[Gazjam]

Waiting on these myself....

Stans already said they are different dacs for different markets....but I'd be most interested in DIRECT comparison of them both as Dacs only.

They ARE aimed at different markets though, so I should learn be be happy with what Ive got, but I'm always that little bit curious!

[Spur07]

yeah, me too - can't help but be curious. I've read stan's made a few improvements. I'd seriously consider a demo if there's quite an upgrade in performance.

popped down to richer sounds the other day and tried to bag a CA Dacmagic for home demo, but the manager was having none of it

he would only promise a credit note on return, and if you buy from their website you only get 7 days to return for a refund. Not that i'm considering replacing the beresford - just curious. i can't see the CA justifying the price difference.

[StanleyB]

It would be unfair of me to do a review of the TC-7520. I shall however do a write up on the ideas and execution of those that have resulted in the TC-7520. But anyone thinking of spending money on a DAC should take into consideration that the TC-7510 scored very highly against some other DACs costing a lot more. The TC-7520 tramples all over the TC-7510, and by a very wide margin. Or your money back. I can't be fairer than that.

Stan

[Spur07]

"It would be unfair of me to do a review of the TC-7520.......the TC-7520 tramples all over the TC-7510, and by a very wide margin"

LOL. careless talk costs money, stan - the word 'trampled' has got me hooked. When will they be available on your website?

[Spur07]

Stan,

just realized - if the 7520 has USB, they'll be no need for my 'Trends' USB convertor between my Mac and my beresford. do you think they'll be much difference in performance in this respect - going straight from Mac to 7520?

[JakeBlade]

Annoyingly I recently relented and bought the new DacMagic - a combination of impatience, and annoyance that my Rotel cdp was beating my SB's dac every time.

Well, the upcoming 7520 is one of the reasons I joined AoS - so would really love to hear more from Stan about the ideas behind his latest baby...

[Spur07]

jake,

you don't happen to be living anywhere near the London, Surrey, berkshire area do you?

i'd be interested in setting up a Dacmagic v 7520/7510 face off

[kalozois100]

It would be unfair of me to do a review of the TC-7520. I shall however do a write up on the ideas and execution of those that have resulted in the TC-7520. But anyone thinking of spending money on a DAC should take into consideration that the TC-7510 scored very highly against some other DACs costing a lot more. The TC-7520 tramples all over the TC-7510, and by a very wide margin. Or your money back. I can't be fairer than that.

Stan

Which version of the tc-7510 is being trampled on? i ve read very good reviews about the tc-7510 6/4 compared to the 6/3. You make it sound like the difference is night and day between tc-7510 6/4 and the tc-7520. Yet the price difference is expected to only be 45 uk sterling? Well all I can say is that if the tc-7520 is that good lucky immenent buyers and bravo to you Stan for pulling it off at such a price

[apmusson]

I have had one of the tc-7520s since Saturday. I can't do a comparison to the tc-7510 as this is my first external DAC purchase. I can say however that I am very very happy with its sound quality - it is stunning. The headphone amp is the thing thats gobsmacked me though... If you're looking for an excellent DAC with USB input that can properly drive HD650's without external amplification (see my original post on the headphone amp part of the dac in "you like?" forum) you don't need to look any further.

I will be comparing the DAC with my colleagues £1000 DAC in the next few months. I will write up our thoughts after that. I won't pre-empt the results but I'm sure that the 7520 won't sound out of place in the comparison.....

Ade