To avoid inconvenience - please note that
I am located in Aarhus, Denmark and any swap will have you ship your kit to Denmark.
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I have decided to yield to my urge to buy a valve power amp to complement the Quad ESL 57s that I will receive from iansr in two weeks' time. Wanted: valve power amp with at least 10 watts per channel - Leak, JC Verdier, EAR, Deckware, Audio Note, Shindo, Radford - did I forget any major brands ...?
So ... for straight sale or swap, I offer the following Audio Note kit (Audio Note Dac 3 1x (old version) + Audio Note CDT-Zero transport (old)):
(1) For sale or swap is my 'OLD' valve Audio Note DAC 3 upgraded to 1x. The serial number is D3-553 1x, according to the AN model sticker. The writing directly on the bottom of the case confirms this. It has the AD 1865 chip, tops out at 24/96, has two coax connections, and sounds much better than you expect. It is the black acryllic front version.
In Peter Q's words,
"It is an early DAC3 that has had a 1x oversampling upgrade, but not had the analogue filters removed and the I/V interface reset. A modern DAC2.1x is better but also more expensive. If you go to Audio Consult [" Danish Audio Note dealer] they can remove the filters and reset the I/V." The cost of this has been confirmed to be 150£/1500 DKK.
It is in full working order, looks vg - no scratches or dents. I would like to recover what I paid a year ago. Only selling to fund valve power amp.
1100£ / 1250€ / 9300 DKK including shipping to the UK / EU countries from DENMARK.
(2) For 250£ extra I will include a nice Audio Note transport whose laser unit was recently repaired and checked (I have the receipt): Audio Note CDT-Zero (old version), black, in vg condition. This will be double-boxed with the DA3 1x and shipped for a total of 1350£ 1535€ / 11425 DKK to an address near you in the EU. This will give you very good and full-sounding CD-replay.
Audio Note DAC 3 1x photos:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...HI?usp=sharing
Audio Note CDT-Zero photo:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11FZ...ew?usp=sharing
If this unit is of interest, I will send more photos to your email address.