[heart banger-97]

I have no experience with the T1, but if Beyerdynamic's historic headphone tuning is anything to go by, the T1 may have been engineered to sound better balanced when driven from a moderate 120 Ohm or so output impedance. Neither the Vali nor the HD-DAC1 provide this, and may make the T1 sound a little on the "cool" side. Beyer's own headphone amps may be a better bet, some have a selectable output impedance.

However, if anyone has direct experience of the T1 & HD-DAC1 combo I would certainly place more value on their opinion rather than on my musings...

Thanks,
We will wait for that man/woman 

.. Although, I don't know why these haven't gotten enough attention. 

Meanwhile, I appreciate your comment.

 

[konstzorro]

Hi, I ordered the HD-DAC1 a few hours ago. I am not particularly good at describing my audio experience, but I can at least try to give you a hint about the  T1 & HD-DAC1 in relation to amps as Beyerdynamic A1 & Woo WA22. So in a few days...

 

[RadioWonder737]

Anyone install Windows 10 yet and install the Marantz HD-DAC1 Driver??? 

 

[karmazynowy]

Yes, works fine.

 

[brittg10]

hi, it wasnt working after installing windows 10 for me i had to do a uninstall/reinstall then change the settings again now it works fine and i am back to to enjoying my new toy after going through a dozen or so amps and dacs i think i found the perfect match for my senn 700's

 

[Poimandres]

The Marantz pairs superbly with the Alpha Primes as well.

I upgraded to 10 Wednesday evening however it nuked my ethernet. My ethernet was intermittent some reboots it would work others it wouldn't. On one that did I downloaded the 10 ISO from Microsoft and need to wipe my box yet.

From above I shouldn't have any issues them as I will need to reinstall the Marantz driver.

 

[audionewbi]

A truly under appreciated product for headphone users. I went to the AV show today and even the Martanz Marantz show room did not have it, I asked the guy who was running the room and he had no clue what I was talking about!

 

[2leftears]

  A truly under appreciated product for headphone users. I went to the AV show today and even the Martanz show room did not have it, I asked the guy who was running the room and he had no clue what I was talking about!

 
Maybe you should try the Marantz showroom next time

 
Seriously though, this problem has been becoming worse over the last few decades (yes, I am old enough to be able to say that).
 
Salesmen who know nothing about the products they sell (bad enough), but also salesmen who don't even know the product line-up.

 

[audionewbi]

   
Maybe you should try the Marantz showroom next time

 
Seriously though, this problem has been becoming worse over the last few decades (yes, I am old enough to be able to say that).
 
Salesmen who know nothing about the products they sell (bad enough), but also salesmen who don't even know the product line-up.

The best part was half of their product weren't plugged in. 

 

[kfinkel1966]

You should be good to go with Windows 10.  I did a fresh install from the 64 bit Win10 Pro ISO and installed the driver without a hitch.  I love my HD-DAC1!  I use it with the Sennheiser H700 headphones and it sounds amazing to me.  Good luck

 

[Poimandres]

X2 love the hddac1. Not sure if the Liquid Carbon and Director combo will handily beat it.

 

[Monterone]

I have something important to add to all you fellow classical, acoustic music listeners.
After trying out both the Marantz DAC1 and Hegel HD12 (they are both DACs in the same price group), there is no doubt who is the winner. In combination with AKG Q701 and an iPad (or computer/cd-player), Hegel is just clearly better. The difference is simply that the Marantz is like a close talker, right up in you face, insisting on your attention. If you are an introvert, like myself, then you know what I am talking about.
Hegel, on the other hand, keep a polite distance, but does at the same time have so much interesting things to say about the music. Yes the Marantz have a warmer sound. But is more like an arrogant cellist laid back in a cosy chair, just enjoying its marvelous beautiful warm tone. While Hegel is more like a cellist sitting on the edge of the seat, exploring the depth and wonder of the music, while at the same time never losing control over the acoustic beauty of its natural sound.

Marantz is (paradoxically) aggressively insisting "in your face" on its warm and detailed sound, while Hegel just show you the clear and natural sounding music with innocent and "nerdy" enjoyment.

 

[PopZeus]

I'm pretty new to the world of hi-fi audio so I haven't listened to or don't know a lot of things but I have to chime in to say the Fidelio X2 pairs wonderfully with the HD-DAC1. The sound signature of the X2s fills in everything that the DAC1 doesn't bring to the party and what it does bring, the X2s handle wonderfully.

 

[magnum703]

Just read through the whole thread...
Originally I was going to order Schiit lry2 and bifrost. But now I think I'm gonna get this with the HD650

 

[audionewbi]

To me this is best all in one unit for headphone users. I don't think we can find anything in this price group to top this.