TEAC UD-505-X

The UD-505-X is a flagship 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 ES9038Q2M in each of the left and right channels. This model achieves a high signal-to-noise ratio by using each DAC in mono mode.

Features at a glance

  • 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 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 USB transferring technology with four transfer modes for various sound characters
  • Free TEAC HR Audio Player for Windows/Mac