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Message started by Dominick on 10/17/18 at 19:40:23

Title: Big News...The Teac NT-505 DAC is now available.
Post by Dominick on 10/17/18 at 19:40:23

For those who are interested in the new Teac NT-505, it is currently available here…

https://soundapproach.com/teac-nt-505-usb-dac-network-player.html?gclid=EAIaIQob

I just spoke with Alan from Sound Approach and he confirmed it is available and is ready to ship. They have them both in black and silver at $1999.00 (free shipping) [Ouch!!]

After hearing Eric’s NT-503 at Decfest through headphones, I was really impressed. The hard part is to convince the bride to give me the green light. I was able to find the previous model like Eric has, and it’s about $1000.00 bucks.

While I am sure the new one is not worth 2x the price of the previous model; the Tidal, Roon, and MQA decoding are big features that I find attractive.

Title: Re: Big News...The Teac NT-505 DAC is now available.
Post by Palomino on 10/19/18 at 22:13:24

I'm a little disappointed its double the price now. I have a UD503 and I do Tidal via Audirvana and it sounds pretty good. It would be another $1K for MQA and I that's not worth it for me. No experience with roon.

My 503 was an open box special at $650. Spend a little more and get a Zbit. Pretty good package for the money.

Title: Re: Big News...The Teac NT-505 DAC is now available.
Post by Dominick on 10/20/18 at 08:02:12

Palomino...Yeah I am pretty bummed about the price as well. I read the entire sheet of the features, and while it sounds good, that’s ALOT more $$$ for an upgraded model.

Here is the product information sheet on the 505.....

https://soundapproach.com/pdfs/NT-505_SNPI_WWE.pdf

I have been looking for a new and/or open box 503, but have come up short so far. I thought I found one, but when I inquired about it was gone. Hence why I looked into the new 505 NT. Personally...I’d rather save the money and buy a left over/ open box 503, add the ZBIT to the chain, and still have some $$ left over.

Title: Re: Big News...The Teac NT-505 DAC is now available.
Post by Lonely Raven on 10/22/18 at 19:48:57

I'm glad I picked up the NT-503 when I did, that said, I don't see the 505 being worth *that* much. for that kind of money, I'm sure there are plenty of other options out there. Or I'd keep fishing for a used 503 somewhere.

Sorry I don't have any other suggestions right now - I'm bummed about the price of the new model.

Also, MQA support seems to be dying off, people are really questioning it all around.

Title: Re: Big News...The Teac NT-505 DAC is now available.
Post by Palomino on 10/23/18 at 12:15:43

Audirvana does the MQA thing but of course the DAC does not. I do think that the partially unfolded MQA I get sounds closer to CD or ripped flac.

After being on a TIDAL binge, I recently went back to my ripped library. Quite a bit better than TIDAL. I was a little surprised by the difference.

When Qobuz becomes available in the U.S. I will give it a try. I remember reading a Paul's Post not too long ago and he says the quality is superior to TIDAL.