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Technics A10 DVD digital output options

Can anyone who used this player with and outboard DAC comment on it performance with DVD-A? Looking to get one to mate with my Levinson 360S DAC. Two entirely different classes of equipment, I know, but a Stereophile reviewer used one when DVD-A was new. He may still. I just don't want to go out and buy a player for such a limited format( so far anyway). I have a great transort for CD and SACD so I'm not really concerned with those formats with regard to this player. Thanks.
sjh32
viggen
838 posts
 
Sjh,

You know, I just know what I hear.feel. There is a cold steel feel in my system whenever the A10 is connected to it. I don't know why. I just surmise it can be the power suppy of the A10. However, I gave in lastnite and hooked the A10 up. And, there isn't as much of that steel feel anymore. Maybe it is cause I got it hooked up to an AudioMagic Stealth via a powercable with ferrite on it.

On a side note, Parasound's service department isn't too good. All I want is a replacement IEC socket for my Parasound CD player. They can't even get that straigthen out in less than two days. The "Timmy" guy has an anemic defensive attitude too (this means he sounds sleepy while being defensive about the quality of his work). I hope he gets some sleep over the weekend.
sjh32 OP
46 posts
 
Yeah, I've dealt with Parasound once to ask them a question about my A21. I was just interested in knowing the differences between it and the JC1's because I wanted to know if it were possible to modify the amp with JC1 parts. His manner was like that of a lot of people in this business. A kind of lazy and snotty, like I was an idiot to ask and clearly wasting his valuable time. Funny, the dealer who sold it to me didn't think that way. BTW, have you ever used the A10 as a transport with an outboard DAC? Sogood's comment on this has got me worried since I just bought one and it's in transit. His comment about DVD-A goes against a few other sources including Stereophile. Thanks.
viggen
838 posts
 
Actually, I am using the A10 as a transport right now. I've been using the Parasound CDP2000Ultra as a transport feeding a Nixon Dackit. The Parasound is out of commission until Timmy can send me an AC socket. But, yesterday, I bought a soldering gun and went DIY crazy. I made a digital cable out of an USB cord and can't wait to try it out. So, in goes the A10 into spot vacated by the Parasound. Sounds ok, can't really do any serious comparisons since I am only used to the Parasound in my system. But, the A10 isn't sounding too bad but there are a lot of variables that are different in my system now... diy speaker cables... interconnects...
sogood51
2,157 posts
 
I just found out today that the A-10 has a hidden menu that controls it's volume. You can drive your amp direct with this unit and control volume from the remote control..It does not say anything in the book about this that I have ever read...strange that Technics would do it this way and not tell you about this.

Dave
viggen
838 posts
 
Hmmm, maybe we got different versions of the manual... well I haven't read the manual in a long time. I pretty much got all the necessary menu functions memorized. Lets see, to turn off Re-master is *action *9 *5 *down *return. Volume is *top funny button twice *toggle left once *toggle up or down to control volume. I memorized these, ofcourse, since, otherwise, you need to connect the damn thing to a monitor even when you're just using the A-10 as a CD player.

I've used the A-10 to drive a few of my former amps and can say atleast I didn't experience any dropping bits. Then again, I used to have a Meridian 518 that attenuates in digital domain and didn't experience any bits dropping their either.

Anyhow, I finally got that damn part from Parasound and repaired my transport a few nights ago. Back to the closet the A-10 goes.
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