My journey to the temple of boom

[agk]

I'm going to save up for another Topping and go for new again.
This thing loses a channel on start up but when cranked it comes back and stays. Bloody secondhand stuff can be such a pain.
Sounds great though so I shall put up with I suppose and then score a TP60.

[walpurgis]

I'm going to save up for another Topping and go for new again.
This thing loses a channel on start up but when cranked it comes back and stays. Bloody secondhand stuff can be such a pain.
Sounds great though so I shall put up with I suppose and then score a TP60.

A friend of mine had a TP60. It was nice enough I suppose for the money, but not the most revealing amp about, he found it slightly thick and two dimensional. I tried it in my system and came to the same conclusion, using it to drive my Tannoys. I've heard smaller T/D type amps sounding better.

[agk]

Cheers for the insight, I had a TP22 and while it was good it obviously lacked in volume/power so good to get thoughts on the bigger Topping.
I'm tempted to see what's what with this CA and wait until it can be fixed.

[agk]

Just had me a thrombo, I was having one of my almost regular rearrangements of kit/rack when I heard something loose in the Sony.
Oh feck says I, what's that? Whipping the lid off I discover a 44pin smd ic floating around!

First thought was of a type not to be shared on this fine forum although rest assured the language was earthy.

I soon noticed a length of clear sticky tape and corresponding marks on the base of the cdp that indicate this ic was taped down in there for some reason.

Odd but at least it hasn't fallen off a pcb.

Now trawling the web looking for a list of icd in the dvp so as to find out which this is.

Phew!

[istari_knight]

WTF !?

I think I know what that is... When I bought it the seller stated Techtronix had fitted a multiregion chip so he could play DVD's from the US. I reckon it's come away in transit. I should think everything will work fine just wont play non R2 DVD's now.

[agk]

Yup. This is the original chip that had been taped down inside the chassis after the change.

[istari_knight]

Ahh cool - Panic over

[agk]

Yeah man, initial reaction was freak out time but a bit of detective work brought relief.

Curious as I am to try CA again I don't want to lose this beauty just yet.

[agk]

A move and some downsizing have led me to the current setup.

Its rather good too.

[istari_knight]

I don't know how you managed to find champagne cans but thats commitment !