I must admit it looks quiet sexy in an HIFI sort of way........ I've said it now
Marty
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I'm Martin.
I must admit it looks quiet sexy in an HIFI sort of way........ I've said it now
Marty
Source: Wadia 170 iTransport
Apple iPod 120MB/160MB, Apple iMac/Airport Express, Musical Fidelity X-RAY CD player,
Beresford Caiman SEG with Dorado power supply
Amplification: ATC SCA2 Pre
Speaker: ATC SCM 50 ASL Classic
Other cables, power supplies: Chord Signature, Mike Homar, Mark Grant G1000HD, RFC Reference Mercury, 20000mAH Ankaka battery
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That’s who I was trying to think of earlier! Yup, I told him not to sell his unless he’s got about £2k to spend on a high-end CDP, and so far he’s kept itOriginally Posted by The Black Adder
Hi Marco. Sure have matey... they are quite astonishing.
Hoopsontoast can also vouch for this machine's qualities as well as it's internal dac. He's been using one for quite a while now.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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He's also changed the laser in it too without any issues. Jobs a good un. - a keeper!
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I'm Craig.
I honestly thought just about every man and his dog had been down the 'cheap DVD as a transport' route!
Some time back I used either Tosh 330 and a Pioneer 575 or something, through a Beresford DAC, and it held its own against my at the time £1k plus CDP.
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Even as a standalone CD player, some older DVD players are excellent. I've had a few of the Marantz multi-format players and an Arcam FMJ which were as good as anything I've heard up to £1K plus, and you can pick them up for a fraction of that.
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THANKS for all the advice folks - it is much appreciated.
Hats off to the AoS!
Merry Christmas everyone.
Cheers
Steve
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Current set up:
Benchmark LA4 pre-amplifier and AHB2 power amplifier
Sony CDP-X707ES CD player
Sony CDP-X505ES CD player
Topping D90SE DAC
Sony DVP-NS900V used as a transport only
Technics SLPG-590 CD player used as a transport only
Marantz CD6000SE CD player used as a transport only
Revel Performa3 M105 speakers and matching stands
Massdrop thxaaa 789 headphone amplifier
Audeze LCD-XC (2021 Revision) Headphones
Connecty things: Chord, Accuphase, QED, AoS 'Barry Special', silly cheap Chinese USB cable (AMAZING value hifi product)
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I'm Gareth.
I just received a Denon DVD-2900 today. In mint condition and boxed for £135 delivered. It sounds fabulous. Wish I'd known about that Sony though; that looks amazing.
Gareth
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I too have recently toyed with the idea of using a cheap DVD player as a transport into my Beresford Caiman Mk II. I bought myself a cheap Arcam DV79 but when I got it hooked up I found that it read and played DVDs fine, but would not read CDs. I contacted Arcam for advice and they said that this old unit has a dual laser assembly and it is quite common for one laser to go whilst the other continues to work perfectly.
It's a shame really as if the DVD playback is anything to go by, the CD playback on the DV79 would have been really good.
I notice that you can buy new laser assemblies off Ebay for about £15 and thinking it might be worth it to get it repaired? I don't have the necessary skills to do it myself and wondered how much I would expect to pay a 3rd party to do the work for me?
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I'm Martin.
I had a laser swap on a Sony a couple of years ago. Cost me twenty notes plus the part. I'd guess it took the EE half an hour so he's paying himself £40 an hour. I wouldn't fork out much more than that.
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I'm Dave.
Cheers.
Some company I found on Google in the Greater Manchester area quoted me £75, which I thought was pretty steep for as you say a 30 min job. I just wish I had some tech skills and could use a soldering iron.
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I like everything really. From the britpop bands like UB40 right back to classic rock, like Wings. They're only the band the Beatles could have been.
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