2009 TADAC - $349 (MSRP $899) + shipping (& 2.9% PayPal)The 2009 Tube Audio Design TADAC is a 24/96 DAC, preamplifier and headphone amp. It’s a great sounding dac with clarity, extension and the tone and body that only tubes can provide. Includes the original matched set of NEC long plate 12AU7 tubes as well as a matched pair of RCA “Clear-Top” 12AU7A’s. Excellent condition (8+/10) and perfect working order.
TADAC Tube DAC Facts and Features:
• Power: 120VAC only, rear on/off switch, plug-in cord
• Dimensions: 9" x 7-3/8" x 6" tall
• Weight: 6 lbs
• Gold ceramic sockets; uses 12AU7, 5814, 5963 tubes
• Large epoxy potted toroidal power transformer resides in the black box on top
• Separate DC voltage regulators for all digital & audio circuits
• Each Power Supply Electrolytic is Film Cap Bypassed
• Contains 5 op-amps: 2 between DAC output & tube circuit to convert to single ended and make the phase switch feature - 2 op-amps after the tubes to drive XLR jacks, 1 op-amp after tubes in the headphone circuit
• One Invisa-Cap in each tube audio circuit
• Data input selector switch in back corner for Optical Toslink or Coaxial-RCA data selection
• Gold RCA jacks are 100% tube driven outputs
• True balanced gold XLR Outputs are hybrid tube/chip driven
• Analog Aux RCA Input impedance is 10kOhms
• RCA Output impedance is 400-Ohms, XLR Output 75-Ohms
• Tubes light up blue when audio data is locked on the input
• 96k max input data speed, Crystal 8414 feeds a Burr-Brown 1793 Advanced SegmentVerification Jitter Free D/A chip - a combination that sounds best in this tube design
• Connect digital SPDIF (CD Player data) single RCA or Optical Toslink to the TADAC
• Designed for PC digital audio (up to 96k). PC Windows & Mac computer USB to audio SPDIF data interface adapter needed
• Tube/SS Headphone jack for amazing HF sound - does not automatically switch main back outputs off with HF plugged in. Designed for regular light load headphones down to 16-Ohms.
• Phase Switches: Useful to determine if a recording is properly phased
• Tubyness knob to adjust how harmonically balanced the music sounds
• Master volume control to adjust gain for rear output jacks (RCA pair & XLR Pair) and the front headphone jack; many use the TADAC as their system main volume control.
• Remote control
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