Rega DAC-R DAC Review

[antcollinet]

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?

Probably not. It does not measure badly enough for the faults to be audible in most real world listening situations.

 

[Billy Budapest]

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?

A DAC has to be doing something *really* bad in order for it to be audible.

 

[DSJR]

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?

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 , 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

 

[Nango]

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).

Lucky germans with their Rechtschutzinsurance, the only one insurance you really need in life!!!!

 

[slacki]

Lucky germans with their Rechtschutzinsurance, the only one insurance you really need in life!!!!

not only germans, also swiss germans and austrian

 

[YouAreBiased]

A DAC has to be doing something *really* bad in order for it to be audible.

The power supply issues were in fact audible, see the reviews

 

[BDWoody]

The power supply issues were in fact audible, see the reviews

Can you point to where in the review that is indicated?

Do you believe you can hear PS noise more than -110dB down?

 

[YouAreBiased]

Can you point to where in the review that is indicated?

Do you believe you can hear PS noise more than -110dB down?

Well documented on this forum, as well as Hoffman forums. Also in the original stereophile review and measurements.

 

[Purité Audio]

Still -120dB 2nd harmonic is higher, and only one man on earth can hear those - levels! Oh and his girlfriend.

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...

www.audiosciencereview.com

Keith

 

[Billy Budapest]

The power supply issues were in fact audible, see the reviews

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.

 

[BDWoody]

Well documented on this forum, as well as Hoffman forums. Also in the original stereophile review and measurements.

Uh huh...

 

[thegeton]

Well documented on this forum, as well as Hoffman forums. Also in the original stereophile review and measurements.

Please provide the links. No links = never happened.

 

[Ken1951]

as well as Hoffman forums.

Other than photos of systems, that place is a hotbed of insanity. Crazy subjectivity^10

 

[Billy Budapest]

Other than photos of systems, that place is a hotbed of insanity. Crazy subjectivity^10

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.

 

[Ken1951]

Great place for discussion about music. Possibly the worst place for discussion of hardware.

Totally agree, I'm not a member mostly because of the hardware woo-woo insanity. But the music/movies/guitar stuff is decent.

 

[LemonadeJoe]

One of these is $500 on ebay right now...
( And no, I'm not the seller. I've been lurking, saw this thread while I was still considering buying it. Now, not so much lol )

Rega DAC-R 32bit/192kHz/Wolfson USB DAC - Fast Ship! | eBay

Rega Digital Audio Converter.

www.ebay.com

 

[YouAreBiased]

One of these is $500 on ebay right now...
( And no, I'm not the seller. I've been lurking, saw this thread while I was still considering buying it. Now, not so much lol )

Rega DAC-R 32bit/192kHz/Wolfson USB DAC - Fast Ship! | eBay

Rega Digital Audio Converter.

www.ebay.com

Way overpriced

This was an interesting thread. What happened?