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Rega DAC-R DAC Review

Rate this DAC:

  • 1. Poor (headless panther)

    Votes: 243 71.7%

  • 2. Not terrible (postman panther)

    Votes: 71 20.9%

  • 3. Fine (happy panther)

    Votes: 14 4.1%

  • 4. Great (golfing panther)

    Votes: 11 3.2%
  • Total voters
    339
Mrpinortiner said:
Measures pretty bad, I currently run one and it sounds OK to my ears. Would there be an audible difference between the Rega and something like the SMSL SU1?
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Probably not. It does not measure badly enough for the faults to be audible in most real world listening situations.
 
Mrpinortiner said:
Measures pretty bad, I currently run one and it sounds OK to my ears. Would there be an audible difference between the Rega and something like the SMSL SU1?
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A DAC has to be doing something *really* bad in order for it to be audible.
 
Mrpinortiner said:
Measures pretty bad, I currently run one and it sounds OK to my ears. Would there be an audible difference between the Rega and something like the SMSL SU1?
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Seriously, don't even go there 'cos there be dragons in such a discussion...

If a possible replacement is to be considered, look at the practical things such as facilities, proper variable balanced outputs for future active speaker purchases :D, display or not, build, getting it serviced if needs be and of course looks :) Sound quality has beggar-all to do with it when you get to SU1 level and above :D :D
 
slacki said:
yes, it went to court. i complaint against the dealer because i had a lot of trouble with the devices and he refused to take them back. i live in the EU so we have a thing called "gewährleistung" which protects the customers for 2 years on newly bought things. so i contacted my law insurance, they proceeded to take legal actions against the dealer and the court requested an expertise. that was created and i was proven right in court. unfortunately, the dealer went insolvency. lucky me, the law insurance paid all that (including the expertise which was about 600 EUR or so).
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Lucky germans with their Rechtschutzinsurance, the only one insurance you really need in life!!!!
 
YouAreBiased said:
The power supply issues were in fact audible, see the reviews
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Can you point to where in the review that is indicated?

Do you believe you can hear PS noise more than -110dB down?
 
BDWoody said:
Can you point to where in the review that is indicated?

Do you believe you can hear PS noise more than -110dB down?
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Well documented on this forum, as well as Hoffman forums. Also in the original stereophile review and measurements.
 
Still -120dB 2nd harmonic is higher, and only one man on earth can hear those - levels! Oh and his girlfriend.
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Rega DAC-R DAC Review

This is a review and detailed measurements of the Rega DAC-R stereo DAC. It is on kind loan from a member and costs US $1,195 when it came out in 2015. I suspect extra money had gone into making the top curved down but it doesn't do anything for me. Fortunately the user interface makes up for...
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YouAreBiased said:
The power supply issues were in fact audible, see the reviews
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I used to own the original Rega DAC and I did not hear any such power supply noise. It would have manifested itself as a 60 Hz hum and multiples thereof.
 
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Ken1951 said:
Other than photos of systems, that place is a hotbed of insanity. Crazy subjectivity^10
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Great place for discussion about music. Possibly the worst place for discussion of hardware. I’ve been a member there for 20 years, since it was a lot smaller in membership, and it was a lot more enjoyable then.
 
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