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Are you absolutely sure, Mikey? I'm fairly certain those six big black f*ckers on the right are DAC chips. They look similar to what's used in my Sony X-777ES; the granddaddy of Gareth's X-303ES...
Where's Leo when you need him?
Gareth,
Are you a teeny weeny bit excited about your new arm, then?
Marco.
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Vic's excitement is contagious. i had an evo on the gorb and Vic swears that the terminator wazzes all over it. the fact that i missed the delivery whilst i was at work and now have to wait til monday don't helpOriginally Posted by Marco
Are you a teeny weeny bit excited about your new arm, then?
but oh yes, i can't wait to hear how it performs
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Of course I'm bloody not!
But those six chips look like op-amps from here.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a whole board under the transport...
The board behind the transport looks like a load of regulated PSU gubbins to me.
Last edited by Mike; 13-02-2009 at 23:54.
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You could well be right - OP amps and DAC chips can sometimes look quite similar. Perhaps it's a mixture of both? I'm certainly not going to argue with you about this kind of stuff, though. It ain't my zone!
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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GOLD STAR with merit for Mike
But those six chips look like op-amps from here.
they are 5532dd - which are in fact op amps
move forward 2 paces
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Sometimes guessing games can be fun, so I'm going to take a stab that it is actually on the reverse side of the right hand board under the blank white square surrounded by ancilliary devices toward the front.
I want to hear more of the swarzen-arm adventures, damn the suspense.
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Nah!... There's nothing under there.
That's where the block of 'unobtainium' goes. That is the upgrade to elevate the player to 'i' status!
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Oh well, if you say so
Back to the artificial life experiments for me.
Wake me up on T-day (ven ze swarzen-arm terminates the teccy).
Last edited by Tony G; 14-02-2009 at 00:06.
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Nah!... There's nothing under there.
That's where the block of 'unobtainium' goes. That is the upgrade to elevate the player to 'i' status!
Tony - spot on!
i flipped the player and clearly visible is a PULSE dac
Alas no unobtanium
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