Mink
Headphoneus Supremus
I'll drink to that!Good luck Mink with your reasoning of not persuing the quest to find your ultimate headphones... and long live our TEACs!
I'll drink to that!Good luck Mink with your reasoning of not persuing the quest to find your ultimate headphones... and long live our TEACs!
Where did you get a TEAC UD-301 with 2 years warranty? AFAIK it is a discontinued model from wayyy back.I knew I wanted to stay with PCM1795 DAC chip as I loved the Arcam irDac sound. Started researching and almost went for the MF MX-Dac, but then discovered the TEAC UD-301-X. Here in UK for £100 less than the MX-DAC. Reading specifications, it sounded perfect - dual PCM1795 chip, 24/192 for PCM, DSD128, even has its own headphone amp (albeit response on forums was that the amp is not very powerful). Sounded too good to be true so I gave it a try. It arrived earlier this week and I’m absolutely stunned - this little TEAC sounds like it was made for AKG K812 headphones.
There's a new version UD-301-X:Where did you get a TEAC UD-301 with 2 years warranty? AFAIK it is a discontinued model from wayyy back.
I can see now that it is a new version of the UD-301 (perhaps smaller in size).There's a new version UD-301-X:
https://teac.jp/int/product/ud-301-x/top
But can't find what's different between UD-301 and UD-301-X.
And got it from here: https://petertyson.co.uk/teac-ud-301-x-usb-dac
I have fitted the earkaps around the transducer with a thin open filter material that is normally used for air breathing filters.
This gives me personally very good result in the music reproduction in all areas for the k812.
It is a simple tweak and I have tested it extensively with and without a filter.
I leave this one permanently in view of the improved sound reproduction.
Sonarworks is also highly recommended for the k812 in terms of reproduction quality
What were your dislikes?I had k240 and K812 definately has bigger soundstage. Infact I think K812 is the most airy and open sounding headphone I've ever had (including hd800, T1, K701, DT1990, Ananda etc).
In other aspects I did not like k812 that much so I sold it.
It was ethereal sounding on expense of realism. To me it sounded artificial, thin and despite it's clarity(lack of veil) I did not find it particularly resolving/detailed. It was just too weird to get me exited about listening. Midrange on T1 sounded allmost thick in comparison...and thats just not right.
For what it goes for used these days one could definately do worse. It's unique and because of that worth trying out atleast.
What is SW?I think that unique that they have now is not a good thing, because the reason is bad tune. So, midrage sounds quite weak. SW will fix the whole frequency range including highs and midrange. Without SW they are not worth buying for but with SW they sound better than HD800. More musical, natural and less distant. With SW you can trust them as sound monitor as well if you use them for mixing/mastering - better that HD's.