[mmoraw]

I got both AKG K7xx and HD800, and can only say that's both sounds fantastic,

 

[karmazynowy]

Its quite unusual but Marantz work very well with both brighter and darker cans. 

 

[alllala]

Anyone else experience the DAC1 relais switching when manual switching songs or pausing in foobar. I´m using wasapi output and tried others . This is especially annoying when you only have Window sounds and the DAC1 is switching on and off, when you change the Folder.
 
I talked to Marantz and in their opinion this may be a faulty device. But reading around the internet, other experience the switching orgy of DAC1, too.
 
What is your experience with the DAC1? Are you concerned about reliability of the Device, if it switches that often?

 

[tretneo]

  Anyone else experience the DAC1 relais switching when manual switching songs or pausing in foobar. I´m using wasapi output and tried others . This is especially annoying when you only have Window sounds and the DAC1 is switching on and off, when you change the Folder.
 
I talked to Marantz and in their opinion this may be a faulty device. But reading around the internet, other experience the switching orgy of DAC1, too.
 
What is your experience with the DAC1? Are you concerned about reliability of the Device, if it switches that often?

 
This is definitely the default/expected behavior. I also find it annoying however I hadn't considered long term reliability implications.

 

[SpirosG]

This is normal ... good thing is that the switching noise doesn't come out from the speakers /hp ... I used to have some other (famous in Headfi) dacs, where it came out of the speakers and it was scary ..

 

[bigbelly]

  Anyone else experience the DAC1 relais switching when manual switching songs or pausing in foobar. I´m using wasapi output and tried others . This is especially annoying when you only have Window sounds and the DAC1 is switching on and off, when you change the Folder.
 
I talked to Marantz and in their opinion this may be a faulty device. But reading around the internet, other experience the switching orgy of DAC1, too.
 
What is your experience with the DAC1? Are you concerned about reliability of the Device, if it switches that often?

I love the DAC1 but it would drive me batty if I had it set up as the default sound device. On a Mac using the DAC1 through USB and with it selected as the the default sound output device I can hear the relay click every time a sound alert is played as the DAC1 locks and then unlocks.
 
This isn't an issue for me in general because I use Audirvana and Tidal which let me select the specific output device so I leave the default output device set to the internal sound. Also, since I have my headphones on I don't hear the relay clicking. 
 
Electrical relays used in electronics have a mean time before failure measured in the 10's and 100's of millions of cycles so not likely to be a failure point in this unit unless they were faulty from brand new.
 
My Denon audio video amp makes similar clicking sounds when it locks onto different signals on digital media.

 

[kfinkel1966]

My HD 700 cans arrived about an hour ago.  I plugged those babies in and fired up Tidal.  OH MY GOODNESS  I am really going to enjoy these headphones.  I imagine they will sound even better as they break in, but it sounds pretty amazing now.
 
Anyone have any suggestions on where the gain should be set on the Marantz for these phones?  Thanks

 

[audionewbi]

Congrats, leave the gain on medium but you might need high gain at times.

 

[karmazynowy]

@alllala Its normal, evertime you change or seek track usb starts to clicking.
 
You can avoid this in foobar by turning on fading, look at mine setup
 

 

[alllala]

  @alllala Its normal, evertime you change or seek track usb starts to clicking.
 
You can avoid this in foobar by turning on fading, look at mine setup
 
 

Thank you. That helped. My fades before where to small, but starting at about 150ms the DAC1 doesn´t switch every time.
Quite big fades you are using 

 

....
 
Electrical relays used in electronics have a mean time before failure measured in the 10's and 100's of millions of cycles so not likely to be a failure point in this unit unless they were faulty from brand new.
....

that knowledge soothes me. Want to be able to use the DAC1 in 10 years, too.

 

[karmazynowy]

Im experimenting. U can easliy cut them by a half.

 

[SpirosG]

  My HD 700 cans arrived about an hour ago.  I plugged those babies in and fired up Tidal.  OH MY GOODNESS  I am really going to enjoy these headphones.  I imagine they will sound even better as they break in, but it sounds pretty amazing now.
 
Anyone have any suggestions on where the gain should be set on the Marantz for these phones?  Thanks

the gain should be in the position, where,  your comfort level of listening relates to pot's positions between ''ten minutes to & five minutes past' .... 

 

[3083joe]

Good evening
I have been looking into picking up a new dac and the dac1 is on my list. You all still feel it's a good dac. Mainly would use optical from cd transport network streaming but some usb.
How do you all think it would compare to rega dac1, music hall 25.3, pro ject dac box rs?
Thanks

 

[SpirosG]

Good evening
I have been looking into picking up a new dac and the dac1 is on my list. You all still feel it's a good dac. Mainly would use optical from cd transport network streaming but some usb.
How do you all think it would compare to rega dac1, music hall 25.3, pro ject dac box rs?
Thanks

If you don't need a excellent HP amp but just a dac,  then you should look into some other options, too...  
 
IMHO, the Hd-DAC1 excells as a combo, due to its headpone amp ... As a dac, after some comparative listening with 4-5 contenders,  I found  that is relatively not so trasparent, and the soundstage lacks the dimensions of other machines. 
 
I didn't hear the ones that you mention.... In the same price range, I believe that Pioneer UD-05 is a far better dac. However, as a combo, Marantz is the winner since its amp is so much better and powerful compared with the Pio's ...

 

[3083joe]

If you don't need a excellent HP amp but just a dac,  then you should look into some other options, too...  

IMHO, the Hd-DAC1 excells as a combo, due to its headpone amp ... As a dac, after some comparative listening with 4-5 contenders,  I found  that is relatively not so trasparent, and the sounstage lacks the dimensions of other machines. 

I didn't hear the ones that you mention.... In the same price range, I believe that Pioneer UD-05 is a far better dac. However, as a combo, Marantz is the winner since its amp is so much better and powerful compared with the Pio's ...

Thanks.
No I only need a dedicated dac no amp need. I'm currently using a woo audio wa6
I'll look into the pioneer
Thanks.