TEAC UD-503

Music sounds so smooth and relaxed playing through TEAC's UD-503 digital-to-analog converter you may forget you're listening to a digital source. This high-performance DAC delivers virtually any digital music file you're likely to encounter with an amazing sense of transparency and space. Get ready to dive deeper into all your favorite music. The multi-talented UD-503 is actually three components in one. This high-end DAC is also a high-performance headphone amplifier that delivers powerfully precise sound, and can drive a wide array of today's best headphones. Finally, it's a fully functioning stereo preamp with volume control that can connect to your favorite power amp or active speakers to create a simple but killer-sounding system. The heart of any DAC lies in the actual DAC chips, and for the UD-503, TEAC went with dual high-performance DACs from AKM. These same DAC chips are found in several DACs costing $3000 or more. These are stereo DAC chips, and by using two TEAC was able to reduce noise and cro...