gtortorella
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My VDA-2 arrived today. The VDA-2 is one of those components that makes a clear statement. After a few hours of use, it is obviously better than the DAC/output stage in my NAD C 542...well, I suppose that is no surprise, as I have suspected all along that the NAD had been stifled by its op-amp output stage. The VDA-2 changes the character of the sound. On its own, the NAD is a solid performer, but with the VDA-2, my system becomes more lucid, spacious, authoritative, and timbrally accurate.
I cannot imagine spending thousands on CD player with an op-amp output stage. I have had many different players--Music Hall CD25, CD 25.2, Audio Analogue Primo, Rega Apollo, Sony DVP-9100ES, and many others--yet I find the NAD C 542/VDA-2 more satisfying than any of these units. I gather it will only become more apparent with the addition of the VAC-1...
Is there anyone else out there who is impressed with his VDA-2...and happy to be free of the gray, lifeless tones produced by the negative feedback of op-amp circuits?
I cannot imagine spending thousands on CD player with an op-amp output stage. I have had many different players--Music Hall CD25, CD 25.2, Audio Analogue Primo, Rega Apollo, Sony DVP-9100ES, and many others--yet I find the NAD C 542/VDA-2 more satisfying than any of these units. I gather it will only become more apparent with the addition of the VAC-1...
Is there anyone else out there who is impressed with his VDA-2...and happy to be free of the gray, lifeless tones produced by the negative feedback of op-amp circuits?