Pops110 Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Item: Audio GD ref 5 Location: Perth. Price: EOI around $700 Item condition: excellent, no imperfections that I can see. It performs flawlessly. Reason for selling: times are tough need the money. Payment method: cash, bank deposit etc Extra info: have had this for a little while now, it replaced a Dac 19. Much better performer than the 19. There has been a lot written about this dac and I pretty agree with what's been written. It has a certain rightness to the sound. I really don't want to sell but unfortunately I'm forced too. Photos:
Juicester Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 http://www.6moons.com/audioreviews/audiogd/2.html - GLWS
Pops110 Posted July 29, 2014 Author Posted July 29, 2014 Thanks for posting that up mate. Pretty spot on review I think. Balanced does sound better, I experimented with both. Cheers Dave.
Juicester Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Thanks for posting that up mate. Pretty spot on review I think. Balanced does sound better, I experimented with both. Cheers Dave. Yep - he says if you're not using balanced you may as well just get the DAC19 - no different. Fantastic DAC these are for the money. Miss mine.
pete_mac Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Yep - he says if you're not using balanced you may as well just get the DAC19 - no different. Fantastic DAC these are for the money. Miss mine. I've owned both the DAC19 and the Ref 5 and there is a noticeable improvement with the Ref 5 via the single ended outputs IMHO. The extra PCM1704UK chips and the more sophisticated power supply is to thank for this methinks. Cracking DAC... but a month or two too early for me
Pops110 Posted July 30, 2014 Author Posted July 30, 2014 Hi atsq, I'm not sure to be honest. From what I understand this is one of the first versions of this dac. Cheers Dave.
pete_mac Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 No, this dac has the non-asynchronous TE7022 USB chip.
atsq Posted August 6, 2014 Posted August 6, 2014 Hi, Would you be open to an offer of $600 shipped to Melb? Cheers. Regards, Andy.
wolster Posted August 6, 2014 Posted August 6, 2014 Hi, Would you be open to an offer of $600 shipped to Melb? Cheers. Regards, Andy. Hey Andy Can I suggest that you send the seller a PM regarding offers? That way it provides an email alert as well as keeping negotiations confidential.
matt200sr Posted August 6, 2014 Posted August 6, 2014 Great DAC and we'll worth the asking price. Hard to find a DAC that sounds this good at multiple times the asking price. Best of luck with the sale. 1
atsq Posted August 6, 2014 Posted August 6, 2014 Hey Andy Can I suggest that you send the seller a PM regarding offers? That way it provides an email alert as well as keeping negotiations confidential. Good call. I think I was a bit absent minded earlier. I thought I PMed!
markm1111 Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Pops, I think your inbox is full. I can't send you a PM
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