Category Archives: CD Player

TEAC CD Z5000 CD Player

TEAC CD Z5000The Story
This Player is one of the few good old CD players with two TDA1541A DAC chips in it.
Each channel has one TDA1541A chip with two r2r DAC’s, they are connected parallel together to linearize the DAC transfer of the music signal.
The bad thing is after the DAC’s are old opamps M5238L amplifying the signal.
So this is a modification project for later and then we will see if out of a good player
gets an excellent player.

TEAC CD Z5000

TEAC CD Z5000      TEAC CD Z5000
TEAC CD Z5000

Revox B126 CD Player

Revox B126 CD PlayerThe Story
In the Revox B126 CD-Player works the good old TDA1541A DAC, also known
as the R2R DAC (this is not a 1-Bit Sigma Delta DAC as you find
nowadays in all new CD-Players).

If you change the two Electrolitic-Condenser C104 + C204 (each 100µF) into a good
Foil-Condenser and you will get big improvement of the sound.

Revox B126 manualRevox B126 CD Player      Revox B126 CD PlayerSee the changed Condensers and the TDA1541A DAC