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Theta DS Pro Gen V - can you tell me about it?

Saw one of these used DACs in a dealer's today - freaking huge, 3 digital inputs, coax tape in/outs - looks in good condition.

On sale for a bit less than a used Musical Fidelity Tri-Vista DAC / a bit more than a used Meridian 566.

How does it stack up to its older and newer peers?

Cheers!
buddha888

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georgehifi
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Hi Budda888.
The Theta DS Pro Gen V has got some real promise for RedBook Cd replay. it uses a PCM1702 R2R ladder multibit dac and it has HDCD as well from memory.

If you get it cheap enough and know someone that could mod the analogue I/V and output stage to todays current thinking, it could be very very good for Redbook Cd, better than todays Delta Sigma based dacs, for Redbook, even expensive ones.

If you have a good tech show him this thread on great feedback free I/V and output stage, should only take 1 or 2 hours to mod. parts are around $20 for 3 x stack per channel of AD844's

http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/digital-source/227677-using-ad844-i-v.html

Cheers George
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