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[Marco]

hi dave,
i know what you mean, i got a very similar presentation in my system when i used to use them.
anthony,TD...

Me too! Neil's just deaf and likes more expensive 'badges'

[Double wink smiley used just to reinforce the 'tongue-in-cheekness' of the comment'].

Someone had a rare three-box DPA DAC (Forget the model) at a previous Owsten.Sounded very good.

Indeed Ali! I was there for that one, too, and the DPA was excellent. Do you remember what bit of gear 'won' that particular demonstration, though...

Marco.

[Ali Tait]

Well yes,but as I've said before,so it bloody should given how much you've spent on it!

[Marco]

Ali, it's called 'selective investing': knowing what and where to spend money on in a system in order to get the maximum return in sound quality, but you D.I.Y guys are better at that than me!

Marco.

[Ali Tait]

Aye but a whole system could be built for what you've spent on that DAC!

[Primalsea]

I've heard that the more expensive Nagra DAC outperforms the DAS-R1 though
That was a joke if you didn't get that from all the smilies.

[Marco]

'Course it does, Paul. It weighs a whole 4kg and is choc-a-block full of, erm, 'things', don't you know

Marco.

[oscarboyy]

Do most of you guys work for NASA ????

oscarboyy (David)

[Marco]

LOL, David! Why?

Marco.

[shuggz]

Marco sir, please point me in the direction of the thread you referred to in your post..

Mr TD (tech design or Tangerine Dream?), my amps were originally known as TT "Speed 100's" and by comparison with the EAR509's were incredibly "fast" and dynamic. I had them at home driving Epos ES14's for a few months and they were then recalled for update. They came back with "Genesis" badges and new input valves and sounded rather less "tense." It was only when the EL34's expired that Zia recommended Groove Tubes. I bought some, rebiassed one amp (turned it down) and it sounded lovely. The other, sadly, had the wrong resistors on top of the board (which were very difficult for the likes of me to get to) and wouldn't bias low enough. I got them fixed and sold them, replacing them with a Croft un-regulated OTL, the saga of which I've catalogued on the OTL thread. A shame it mis-behaved because it was so simple internally and beautifully put together.

I heard that Zia lost his wife and just lost interest in audio. I hope that's right and that I'm not mis-informing anyone. At least many valve designs can be sericed easily and it must be possible to reduce the bias (or cathode current?) on the amps to extend valve life (or use a different valve more able to give the required power perhaps).

Yes you're correct Zia did loose his wife, she was the heart of the company and they worked quite closely, so understandably he can't do the audio thing without her in his life.