T+A DAC 200: Our New Favorite Solid-State DAC?

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
  • NOTE: The close-up product photos show the T+A HA 200 headphone amp, not the DAC 200. We apologize for the error!
    Special guest and T+A America CEO, Dave Nauber, talks with Kevin about the outstanding German T+A DAC 200. With four DAC chips per channel, a fully discrete layout, an in-house 1-bit DSD design, and discrete volume control, the DAC 200 is difficult to beat.
    T+A Elektroakustik DAC 200 Preamplifier/DAC: upscaleaudio.c...

Комментарии • 30

  • @bharatsodha3078
    @bharatsodha3078 5 месяцев назад +3

    Very happy with my T+A 200

  • @jitrapornpha5104
    @jitrapornpha5104 5 месяцев назад +2

    Shame he left Classe , whatever happened there

  • @prakashkanji2478
    @prakashkanji2478 3 месяца назад +1

    I run a dac 200 straight to two PL Evo 400 power amps and there is magic every time.
    So see-through and yet solid wide sound stage. Absolutely incredible.
    If you're in the market for a dac you MUST try this one.

    • @upscaleaudio
      @upscaleaudio  2 месяца назад

      We love the DAC 200, and glad you do too!

  • @TrueAudio
    @TrueAudio 5 месяцев назад +10

    where is Kat?

    • @timleelim9930
      @timleelim9930 5 месяцев назад +3

      Under new employment in a foreign country.

    • @chrismon1001
      @chrismon1001 5 месяцев назад +4

      She works at SME now in England

    • @TrueAudio
      @TrueAudio 5 месяцев назад

      @@chrismon1001 pity!

    • @TrueAudio
      @TrueAudio 5 месяцев назад

      @@chrismon1001 Pity!

  • @benburridge4324
    @benburridge4324 5 месяцев назад +1

    been using my dac 200 with hq player to upsample to DSD and its the best dac i have heard thus far, prefer it to dacs costing 2x to even 3x its price

  • @CarlVanDoren61
    @CarlVanDoren61 5 месяцев назад

    How will it compare to 😮
    W4S 10th edition DAC2V2SE?

  • @Simplyveej
    @Simplyveej 5 месяцев назад

    I love Melanie’s Brand New Key! Did not reject that to be mentioned here :)

  • @dihydrotestosterone
    @dihydrotestosterone 5 месяцев назад +1

    I guess classé is no longer good 😅😅😅

    • @dnauber1
      @dnauber1 5 месяцев назад +1

      Classé is still great, but different, and people move on. 😅

    • @michelkh87
      @michelkh87 5 месяцев назад +1

      I still have the Classé Ct-2300, the power, the sound, and the robustness of that beast is just amazing! I'm currently searching for a matching preamp for it

  • @JeremyHughes-c8q
    @JeremyHughes-c8q 4 месяца назад +1

    This is by far the best DAC available currently - the DSD unique 1 bit discrete converter is mind blowing. I convert all PCM to DSD256 and all the problems of digital of the past 40 years are finally gone. There is a solid mathematical reason for this improvement which is too long to go into here. Suffice to say low latency tap filters in all previous generations of DAC technology causes significant audible distortion. This Rob Watts figured this out too but T+A path separation has taken things to a whole other level.

  • @abrahambenmohagrau3181
    @abrahambenmohagrau3181 5 месяцев назад

    Where is The analog out?

    • @toddt5562
      @toddt5562 5 месяцев назад +1

      I think they showed the wrong back panel in the video. I see where it says ha200 rather than dac 200...

    • @abrahambenmohagrau3181
      @abrahambenmohagrau3181 5 месяцев назад

      @@toddt5562 Kevin ?👋

    • @dnauber1
      @dnauber1 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@toddt5562, correct, it’s the HA 200 Headphone Amp back panel. Easy mistake to make as the units look so similar.

  • @abrahambenmohagrau3181
    @abrahambenmohagrau3181 5 месяцев назад

    How You conect to an integrated amp?

    • @vaneast411
      @vaneast411 5 месяцев назад

      it has both rca and balanced xlr connections

    • @dnauber1
      @dnauber1 5 месяцев назад +1

      For use with a preamp or integrated amp, you can fix the volume in pass-thru mode to avoid having two volume controls in the system.

  • @JohnLee-db9zt
    @JohnLee-db9zt 5 месяцев назад +1

    The separate DSD and PCM path is not unique, lol. Other DAC manufacturers do the same, Pure marketing jibberish.

    • @dnauber1
      @dnauber1 5 месяцев назад +3

      I don’t think the word unique was used in reference to path separation. It’s the T+A DSD DAC that is unique.

    • @CarlVanDoren61
      @CarlVanDoren61 5 месяцев назад +1

      How does this compare to 😮
      W4S 10th edition DAC2V2SE?

    • @mikehuntington4440
      @mikehuntington4440 2 месяца назад

      ​​@@dnauber1no... It really sounds like he's saying the fact that it doesn't convert to PCM before outputting analog like other dacs do.... And it runs through a discreet 1-bit DSD chip, that makes it unique.
      Which is not true.

  • @mikehuntington4440
    @mikehuntington4440 2 месяца назад

    Wow.... I just watched the 12-minute commercial.
    Edit: sorry..... I only watched 4 minutes.

    • @StanThePigeon
      @StanThePigeon 2 месяца назад

      Well they do sell products. Is that your fault or theirs?