TEAC VRDS 701T - Review

[hifinutt]

sounds like you got better treatment than this guy

they wont even refund him !!

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/thre...ifiers.284389/

[Macca]

sounds like you got better treatment than this guy

they wont even refund him !!

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/thre...ifiers.284389/

I know Les, and I'd be surprised if there isn't some of that story missing.

Anyway it has nothing to do with the TEAC.

[hifinutt]

yes seems there is always 2 sides to a story !!

[Jimbo]

Good to know you got great results even with the humble Topping DAC. Makes you wonder if it really is worth spending much money on DACS and just upgrade your silver disc spinner?

[Pigmy Pony]

Good to know you got great results even with the humble Topping DAC. Makes you wonder if it really is worth spending much money on DACS and just upgrade your silver disc spinner?

Personally I would go down a similar route as Martin and concentrate my funds on a player or transport that was a pleasure to use and felt like it was built to last. And only throw decent money at a DAC if it could be demonstrated to bring improvements that I could hear.

[Macca]

Good to know you got great results even with the humble Topping DAC. Makes you wonder if it really is worth spending much money on DACS and just upgrade your silver disc spinner?

I took the TEAC round to Oli's yesterday so he could have a go on it and he's bought one for himself the same day.

[Jimbo]

I know a few folk have been keen on the Audiolab CDT which is a cheap way of revitalising those shiny discs. Funny how things come round in circles

Double Homonym just for good measure early in the morning.

The Teac looks to be a few notches up from the Audiolab especially with its VRDS technology. Interestingly Teac are very keen on vibration control and have gone to some lengths to reduce it even in their amplifiers by employing special panel assembly technology to reduce impact of vibration between top, bottom and sides! I have been finding benefits in this area for some time with my own vibration damping in my amplifiers, but I digress!

Macca has always held out for those silver discs even when the world and his dog moved to either FBA or streaming. I never liked streaming apart from its research benefits. There is certainly a revitalised interest in CD probably because so many folk have them and they cost peanuts to pick up second hand. New prices not so good.

I think a CDT would be a good move Steve if your into digital and don't want too much complication with all the FBA route.

[Jimbo]

I took the TEAC round to Oli's yesterday so he could have a go on it and he's bought one for himself the same day.

Well it validates your long held belief and continued use of CD. Maybe your reticence to go down the FBA route has saved you some complicated digital shenanigans and some cash!

[Macca]

Well it validates your long held belief and continued use of CD. Maybe your reticence to go down the FBA route has saved you some complicated digital shenanigans and some cash!

Actually we did compare CD from transport to same CD copied to the hard drive and played back through the streamer. Both playing simultaneously and swapping between them. We even did blind test. I could not relaibly distinguish between them.

My preference for CD doesn't directly have anything to do with SQ, I think local streaming just as good.

I stick with CD because:

1) I don't need to involve a computer with all their irritating glitches. 'Why isn't this working, it was working yesterday!'

2) Streaming services often don't have a choice of mastering - you get what you're given. Sometimes they do not have the artist or recording you want at all.

3) I like to sit down and listen to a whole album uninterrupted, not chop and change from song to song and artist to artist.

4) I like to browse shelves of recordings in physical real world rather than scroll down lists

5) I can choose the best/my preferred mastering

6) If the internet is down I still have music

7) If streaming services go broke or close down because they don't make any profit (not impossible, most if not all currently run at a loss) I still have music

8) The streaming service can do anything they want with the signal. Adulterate it, limit it, compress it, or change it in some other way - not saying they do but they can. All outside my control.

9) there is no inherent sound quality advantage in local streaming or streaming service over CD

10) I enjoy going to a physical shop and searching for and buying CDs. You can't beat the thrill of the score, finding something you've been after for ages.

[brian2957]

How do you ascertain which CD mastering is the best/to your taste Martin ?