So the first (easy) things to try look like mains cable, points and isolation table?
Points make sense seeing as the 25 series came with these...
In the meantime, couldn't resist this photo...
Regards
Jon'.
Location: Sussex
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I'm Jonathan.
So the first (easy) things to try look like mains cable, points and isolation table?
Points make sense seeing as the 25 series came with these...
In the meantime, couldn't resist this photo...
Regards
Jon'.
Location: Northampton
Posts: 1,373
I'm Mark.
I'm not sure what cable came with the 25. My 7 had a thin bit of 2-core that was soldered directly to the transformer pcb. Repacing it with a bit of Furutech mains cable brought about a small improvement.
Putting it on an old Isoplat also improved things.
Mark
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I'm Tristan.
Location: cardiff
Posts: 266
I'm Tristan.
Tristan do not be telling every one
jon
Location: cardiff
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I'm Tristan.
The dacmagic with VRDS sounded bloody good for the money. In fact, in some ways it sounded more imprsssive than the Young. However, the Young does everything well whereas the dacmagic didn't. The Young is a great buy second hand.
The one thing that is for sure is that transports make a difference. I very rarely use usb into the Young as the VRDS sounds better.
Location: cardiff
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I'm Tristan.
It's great, no doubts. The one bit of kit I wouldn't think of changing.
I could imagine selling the Gyorbe, or my Classe power amp, or speakers but not the VRDS. When it goes I can see me having to get an Esoteric, but, they are stupid money so I will put that off for as long as possible.
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I'm Nat-andthat'swhyIdrink.
If we're talking about the transport mechanism ALONE, I think the T1, VRDS 7,8 and 9 are vastly overpriced and don't deserve the VRDS name really..
The rigid clamp bit isn't really there because the platter is flimsy plastic and the motor it is run by is a cheap £3 motor mounted on a flexible (compared to the others) flat sheet of steel. There will be give in the motor as the spindle the CD is pushed against will move the motors cheap bearings.
It's those with metal platters that really can be considered VRDS. Also these have motor systems like direct drive turntables with the platter becoming part of the motor and large coils mounted on the cross beam. The thrust plate is large and is the 3-screw thing you can see on cross beam.
Whether the ABS plastic cross beam is better than the previous cast metal one, I don't know..
The Wadia you were thinking of is probably the Wadia 7. Before that, there was a model almost exactly the same but with a different shape metal crossbeam - the Wadia 2000.
The Wadia 2000 was built upon Teac's pro brand, TASCAM's studio CD player the CD701.
These are, I think, the best VRDS bargains out there. I got mine for £150 fully working etc, a wired full featured remote another £50.
Here's the inside of one:
and the Wadia 2000:
And the droolsome Wadia 7 (same but for the shape of the crossbeam):
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