{"id":137217,"date":"2021-10-04T15:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=137217"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:59:35","slug":"teac-nt-505-x-dual-mono-based-dac-network-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/teac-nt-505-x-dual-mono-based-dac-network-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Teac NT-505-X: Dual Mono Based DAC \/ Network Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teac said the NT-505-X USB DAC \/ Network Player has\u00a0inherited its\u00a0proprietary sound design and networking know-how.\u00a0Outwardly, the novelty is indistinguishable from the NT-505 model, but a lot had to be redone inside: unlike its predecessor, which had two Asahi Kasei Microdevices AK4497 chips in the DAC circuit, the model with the X index is based on a pair of ESS Technology ES9038 Q2M microseries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-137221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1510\" height=\"613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14-800x325.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14-1080x438.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14-843x342.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14-366x149.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Pasted-14-1473x598.jpg 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1510px) 100vw, 1510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is clear that this step is one of the consequences of the unfortunate\u00a0fire\u00a0at the AKM factory, which created serious problems in the industry.\u00a0Like the original model, the Teac NT-505-X is positioned as a desktop device, because in the plan it fits into A4 sheet size.\u00a0It is still a dual-mono device.<\/p>\n<p>When connected to a computer, the device behaves like a truncated USB sound card (you will need to install drivers).\u00a0Moreover, in this version, the DAC \/ network player Teac NT-505-X is ready to play DSD with a frequency of up to 22.5 MHz and PCM with a resolution of up to 32 bit \/ 768 kHz (for less wideband signals, an internal intermediate upscaling is provided).<\/p>\n<p>In the analog part of the device, as before, four proprietary HCLD2 buffer amplifiers work at once, which can be reconfigured for alternative modes &#8211; from a fully balanced version to parallel connection for an unbalanced output.\u00a0Internet audio lovers will love Tidal and Qobuz support, Roon Ready status, and a built-in MQA decoder.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, the <a href=\"https:\/\/teac.jp\/int\/product\/nt-505\/top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teac NT-505-X<\/a> is already available for 151,000 yen, which is approximately $1400.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teac said the NT-505-X USB DAC \/ Network Player has\u00a0inherited its\u00a0proprietary sound design and networking know-how.\u00a0Outwardly, the novelty is indistinguishable from the NT-505 model, but a lot had to be redone inside: unlike its predecessor, which had two Asahi Kasei Microdevices AK4497 chips in the DAC circuit, the model with the X index is based [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/teac-nt-505-x-dual-mono-based-dac-network-player\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":137223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[642],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-137217","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hi-fi","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}