T+A DAC 200

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20 hours ago, azabu said:

T+A DAC 200 is now on my short list. 

 

 

 

I have a very good PC audiophile setup, which allows one to hear comparative differences on youtube equipment tests quite easily. I thought the T&A 200 was the winner here, on most of the tracks at least. And its the cheapest of them all?

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23 hours ago, OE333 said:

 

Disabling unused inputs means getting rid of potential noise sources.

 

Yet more proof that T+A know what they are doing. I really want to try out this DAC 200.

 

I used to desolder the optical off the Oppo mainboard because there was no way to disable it, and its always introduced noise into the spdif coaxial ouput. Subtle, to be sure, but it all makes a difference.
 

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@OE333 How does the DAC 200 handle the single ended outputs? Second class citizen running through op-amps like most DAC's do? Or does it have its own discrete output stage? Taken from one leg of the balanced?