marantz HD dac1 or Teac UD 501

Not got a dac to use with my sonos at the moment and just looking at these lovely dacs . also could use with my modest onkyo sacd player [ although i now know they cannot emit dsd from spdif ]

http://www.hifiplus.com/articles/tea...tal-converter/

https://www.marantz.co.uk/uk/product...oductid=hddac1

both 499 new . the marantz has a vol control remote which is always handy

the teac has xlr output which i am guessing will have more output if used into a passive pre

both are good , any thoughts on these dacs ?

Hi Phil
Are you considering these just to use as a dac or headphone amps as well?

I was looking at the Marantz as a headphone amp/dac. Ended up with a Fostex hp 4bl amp/dac. It is a tiny little thing, Burr Brown dac I think.
Bit cheaper than both of your options. Has usb and toskink input, and rca out as well all on the back with 4 pin balanced headphone out as well as normal trs jack out on the front
Maybe you could get a cable made 4 pin xlr to r and l xlr out to take advantage of the higher balanced output.
Mand

thanks mand
yes just as a dac . I rather like remote control volume controls [ like my bel canto dac3.5] becuase sometimes if you get a pre amp with no remote you can use the remote on the dac . just makes for more flexibility for a an inveterate box swapper

Not sure the Teac volume works for the pre outs it's just for the headphone amp. At least if it works the same as mine, a UD-H01. Got it last week for £125, I think it's bloody brilliant.

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blimey , thats a bargain. thanks

It's the going rate, well £125-£150, for the H01, not the 501 you first mentioned.

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Originally Posted by Lawrence001

Not sure the Teac volume works for the pre outs it's just for the headphone amp. At least if it works the same as mine, a UD-H01. Got it last week for £125, I think it's bloody brilliant.

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thanks to lawrence for his suggestion one of these landed today . also another Jolida modwright modded FX dac 3 as i liked the normal one so much
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7842/...cc6770af_k.jpgP1060482 by , on Flickr

never seem to see these dacs or headphone amps for sale; just see folk buying them:lol:

i think the ud ho1 was on the forum for about 5mins before it sold so not surprising !! and i just love the jolida ..... i am using it with an amp that i will not admit to using and you won`t believe the sound [ the amp cost me 150 quid s/h and is made in cambridge to give you a clue !!!]

How's the Teac UD H01 Phil ?