Without a doubt for that DAC a Wadia would be the best mate. If you can spend $3500, way expensive, a used 270 is the best choice due to parts availability. If you want to spend less, I agree a Wadia 8 is the way to go. I see them on ebay more than Audiogon so good luck. Steve at Great Northern Sound is just a fantastic guy to work with on these. He was at Wadia so he knows his stuff and is very friendly and helpful.
What transport should I get?
Hello all,
Well I finally made a decision on a player. I bought a Wadia Digimaster X32 DAC. I have always loved the Wadia sound so I can't wait to get it.
In the meantime I can use my Rega Planet 2000 as a transport but I am looking from something better. The money I get out of my Rega will be the money I have to get a new transport - just so you know what price range I am looking at.
So the Wadia has two BNC inputs and a Toslink.
I found a Teac Reference PD-500 for sale on demo ($400 CND) at a local (3.5 hours away) stereo shop.
Here is a link so you can see what it is:
http://www.teac.com/ref/500/pdh500.html
From what I understand the player is based off of the VRDS transport and is very similar, which makes me think it could be good. The only downside is it only has toslink out. I would prefer to have a BNC or coax if possible for better quality. So my questions are:
1.) How good of transport would this TEAC be?
2.) How good is a good glass toslink ($150+) compared to a good ($150+) coax cable?
3) If the Teac 500 would not be that good transport (due to the player itself or the Toslink cable) what are some other alternatives I could look at?
I was thinking a used TEAC VRDS 10, 25 etc.. as another alternative.
Thought and opinions are welcome.
Cheers,
Nick
Well I finally made a decision on a player. I bought a Wadia Digimaster X32 DAC. I have always loved the Wadia sound so I can't wait to get it.
In the meantime I can use my Rega Planet 2000 as a transport but I am looking from something better. The money I get out of my Rega will be the money I have to get a new transport - just so you know what price range I am looking at.
So the Wadia has two BNC inputs and a Toslink.
I found a Teac Reference PD-500 for sale on demo ($400 CND) at a local (3.5 hours away) stereo shop.
Here is a link so you can see what it is:
http://www.teac.com/ref/500/pdh500.html
From what I understand the player is based off of the VRDS transport and is very similar, which makes me think it could be good. The only downside is it only has toslink out. I would prefer to have a BNC or coax if possible for better quality. So my questions are:
1.) How good of transport would this TEAC be?
2.) How good is a good glass toslink ($150+) compared to a good ($150+) coax cable?
3) If the Teac 500 would not be that good transport (due to the player itself or the Toslink cable) what are some other alternatives I could look at?
I was thinking a used TEAC VRDS 10, 25 etc.. as another alternative.
Thought and opinions are welcome.
Cheers,
Nick