TEAC UD-701N Music Player Review | Moon Audio

The little black dress. It's the one thing that is suitable for all things formal. It's simple. It works. It looks nice. Well, gentlemen, I present to you... the little black box. It's suitable for all things. It does it all. It's simple. And it looks nice. It's TEAC's UD-701N Music Player. The flagship player from TEAC, it's a network player, a USB DAC, an analog preamp, and headphone amplifier, plays everything, streams everything, and that's just the tip of the iceberg so to speak. Let's just say that I'm not going to have any shortage of things to say about this device.

0:00 | Introduction
0:32 | TEAC Overview
1:08 | Inputs & Outputs
2:29 | Design & Features
5:24 | Sound Quality
8:59 | Our Verdict
9:52 | Learn More

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[moon-audio]

One quick note for our viewers: the UD-701N display flicker seen in this video is *not* visible to the naked eye. Just a hiccup with our camera set-up! 🙂

[trubadyr]

I always like the "set and forget" solutions, and Teac often makes good all-in-ones. Having said that, the next question arises: is it possible to find separates that cost about the same but sound the same or better? Separates allow to exchange and upgrade of a single component in their "stack." So, often the answer is that it's best to audition and compare the perspective "keeper" components in a user's home. But purchasing from different sources and then matching all these other components together could be a significant hassle. So this Teac is certainly tempting... Very much so. But then there is a HI-FI Rose - eye candy and the UI king, for sure. But does the best HI-FI Rose box "sounds better" as well? Questions, questions... Has anyone compared the two? Do share your impressions, please!

[ychilds]

Thank you Moon Audio. I have been watching your sight and waiting for this video. I have the AK4497 based TEAC NT-505 with and external clock. Took me about a year to tweak the sound, but man am I happy. Now they come out with a FPGA-based unit, and I am more than curious. That price though...

[xara]

Thanks for the review. Any idea if a Moonriver 404 amp would be a good match?

[oooeurorosi]

Спасибо за хорошую техническую осведомленность для любителя.❤
Теперь я знаю, что архитектура этого устройства - дельта сигма. Вы не тратили мое время на пустые эмоции. Вы рассказали основное, без чего я не смог бы сделать правильные выводы об этом устройстве. Желаю вам благополучия и успешного развития канала.

[GB-qwlg]

Hello,

I own UD-701N. Could you please tell me the best/right DAC settings? Should it be Multibit or 1bit DSD and which modulator frequency to use? What's the difference between the two filters? Should I use either?
The idea is to get the sound close to the original and hear the most details out of music. There is very little infomation on the system on the Internet and TEAC does not answer.

[shrink]

Can't afford the $12000 N05-XD from esoteric? buy this, it's basically identical internally!

[trubadyr]

Thank you for this review again. Can you recommend using the Teac UD-701N with the Dutch & Dutch 8C speakers, given their Future-Fi design with built-in DAC, DSP, and power amps? What streaming solution for such speakers would you suggest?

[connorduke]

Excellent review. I still use the Teac NT-503 with AKM chips and prefer what you accurately label the "laidback and warm" tone of that one, particularly as it's paired with an already analytical CD transport the Audiolab 9000CDT.

[ousi]

This sounds like a Teac version of the Esoteric N-05XD

[indrakumarc]

Bluetooth 4.2 ? That is quite an old version, now we have 5.2….BT downgrade you think?

[thomas]

I dont understand. "Some might call it analytical but the speaker or headphone pairing might make or break the deal"... And then "luckily the 701 pairs well with almost everything". Well, which one of the two is it??