tad c2000
 

anyone have this piece or any experience with it? how good is the dac, etc, what other preamp/dac combo would you compare it to, just bought one and plan on using it with an aurender w20 streamer, thoughts

no one uses one, bummer

I had one here, but really wasn’t all that impressed.

really, what did you not like about it? did you try the dac? thanks for any thoughts

I actually had all their reference equipment;

https://www.audioaficionado.org/atta...1&d=1660580124

Quite frankly, it didn't come close to half of my systems. :sigh:

tad c2000
 

For what it's worth, Hi-Fi News really liked it, and I've found their reviews to be pretty thoughtful. My guess is the preamp will sound fine, depending of course on what you pair it with. The only concern I'd have is that it's a 10 year old design that still uses the Burr-Brown DAC, and there have been a lot of advances in DAC technology since that chip was introduced - but that doesn't mean it couldn't still sound great in a well-implemented design, which I'm sure the TAD is. Congratulations. Attachment 67940

thanks, there dac plays upto 96khz so altho there may be better it sounds like its still very good, thanks for the article

I owned the R1 Mk2 speakers for quite a while, easily qualifies as one of the best speakers in the world.

They need room to breathe, proper placememt and audiophile grade cables and they do sound amazing.

As far as TAD Reference electronics,..have heard the monos, pre, and CD/SACD components multiple times. While I prefer the Esoteric line sonic signature, I would suggest they still rank up there as a top choice in the sonic family of other great product lines. They need proper racks & footers, (except the monos that have them built in), proper placement and audiophile grade cabling to sound up to their potential.

I cannot speak for the component you purchased however.

I'm not sure if this link will work here, but I found it quite entertaining. I own Mark's R1 Mk II's and quite enjoy them. I don't have a line array though (like the guy in the video) ... yet. I also enjoyed the TAD CR-1s that Ivan sold me. I don't have any direct experience with the TAD electronics though, but I'll bet it doesn't suck.

https://youtu.be/b39cdXKuWkI

Fun video, I have seen it before. :thumbsup: