TEAC UD-505-X USB DAC / Headphone amplifier
The UD-505-X is a class-leading dual monaural USB DAC with an integrated fully-balanced
headphone amplifier, that fuses high-end audio design concepts and TEAC’s decades of
audio design experience, in an A4-sized footprint. The dual mono structure processes
stereo signals with higher purity, and the D/A converter section uses
one ESS Technology ES9038 Q2M in each of the left and right channels.
This model achieves a high signal-to-noise ratio by using each DAC in mono mode.
Moreover, we upgraded it with high specifications that enable native playback of
22.5MHz DSD and 768kHz/32bit PCM formats. In the analog processing section, which can be considered the key to audio quality, we include four TEAC-HCLD2 circuits. These are improved versions of our previous TEAC-HCLD. For headphone output using the newly-adopted diamond buffer circuit,
in addition to two standard 6.3mm connectors, one 4.4mm 5-pole headphone connector is available, enabling balanced connection and active ground connection with a single plug.
The Bluetooth® receiver supporting LDAC™ and Qualcomm® aptX HD™ allows you to enjoy
high-quality wireless audio streaming from your smartphone on this reference USB DAC.
- Hi-Res audio playback supporting DSD512 (22.5MHz) and PCM 768kHz/32bit PCM
- An ESS Technology ES9038Q2M converter each for left and right channels
- Dual on-board clocks for 44.1kHz and 48kHz frequencies
- 7 types of PCM digital filters
- Up-conversion up to 24.5MHz DSD and 384kHz/32bit PCM
- 10MHz external clock input
- Bluetooth® receiver supporting LDAC™, Qualcomm® aptX™ HD, AAC and SBC
- Original TEAC-HCLD2 enhanced-current output buffer circuit
- Dual monaural circuit design
- Dual toroidal-core power transformers for each channel
- TEAC-QVCS quad volume control system
- 4.4mm 5-polar Pentaconn*1 jack and dual 1/4” (6.3mm) TRS jacks for balanced and active-ground drives
- Full-dot OLED display with dimmer function
- Newly-developed “Stressless Foot” design with three support points
- Semi-floating design Top Panel
- Bulk Pet*2 USB transferring technology with four transfer modes for various sound characters
