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Digital Drive: REVIEW: Adcom GDA-700 DAC Processors by Belgarchi Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it. |
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Model: GDA-700 Category: DAC Processors Suggested Retail Price: $1000.00 Description: D/A Converter Featuring the UltraAnalog Jitter receiver Manufacturer URL: Adcom
Review by Belgarchi on April 01, 2010 at 18:32:09
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for the GDA-700
This DAC is very well built, two transformers (one toroidal), Ultra Analog AES-21 receiver, excellent Burr-Brown 1702 DAC (20 bits) and is HDCD compatible. By the way, it is a pity that HDCD is dead, there was a genuine sound quality improvement, different than SACD but not really inferior (subjectively), with 16 bits only!
Now, what is puzzling is the very ordinary sound quality, not better than a CD-Player of ~$750 ten years ago.
The bandwidth seemed to be restricted (lack of deep bass and upper high frequencies), and the most annoying was a non-existent soundstage (no depth, narrow,, fuzzy image).
Inferior to a plain $500 MSB Link-II in terms of sound quality.
Product Weakness: Sound, especially lack of deep bass and bad soundstage Product Strengths: Built quality
Associated Equipment for this Review:
Amplifier: Adcom GFA-545-II Preamplifier (or None if Integrated): Adcom GFP-565 Sources (CDP/Turntable): See review Speakers: B&W M802s2 Cables/Interconnects: Monster Cable, Kimber Music Used (Genre/Selections): Various Room Size (LxWxH): 30 x 20 x 15 Room Comments/Treatments: Neutral Time Period/Length of Audition: 6 months Other (Power Conditioner etc.): Monster Cable, Panamax Type of Audition/Review: Product Owner
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Topic - REVIEW: Adcom GDA-700 DAC Processors - Belgarchi 18:32:09 04/1/10 ( 7)
- RE: REVIEW: Adcom GDA-700 DAC Processors - glen33 07:39:20 04/9/10 ( 0)
RE: REVIEW: Adcom GDA-700 DAC Processors - noway 08:39:19 04/8/10 ( 1)
- Transport, Cable - Belgarchi 22:05:12 04/10/10 ( 0)
RE: REVIEW: Adcom GDA-700 DAC Processors - rick_m 09:15:40 04/2/10 ( 0)
Adcom GDA-700 DAC produced from 1996 to? not for 10 years at least na - Elizabeth 22:45:41 04/1/10 ( 2)
- recent ad over on the goN' for this junk.... I'd buy it but I got one. nt - Elizabeth 23:41:23 04/5/10 ( 0)
Correct, this review is about an old dog... (nt) - Belgarchi 07:40:52 04/2/10 ( 0)