Top CD player wanted

[Lawrence001]

Pulled the trigger. Oh heck - me, digital....

Looks like I'll get the blame if it all goes wrong...

Sent from my BLN-L21 using Tapatalk

[farflungstar]

Nice one, Adey. If it's functioning at its full capacity (as when I've heard one before) then I'm confident you'll love it

Marco.

As long as it lives up to its "analogue" sounding reputation with no glare I'll be happy.

[Marco]

It should do that quite comfortably. One thing you may wish to consider looking at later [and I mean much later after you've lived with the player for a while and got to know it], as with all equipment of that age, is have it re-capped in the most important areas of the circuit, as the originals may be past their best.

I did this to my vintage Sony(s), and it turned them from being superb into mind-blowingly so! Anyway, in the meantime, I hope the Opus arrives safely, and that it hits the spot for you on the first listen

Marco.

[greygoose]

I currently have a opus 21 and the first and cheapest upgrade is to bypass the inbuilt pre section using a DIN umbilical cord, i actually managed to get a defenitive cyro one, very pleased with the improvement, you could also get one made up.

[farflungstar]

Yes the din will be sorted as soon as I have some dosh!

[farflungstar]

I currently have a opus 21 and the first and cheapest upgrade is to bypass the inbuilt pre section using a DIN umbilical cord, i actually managed to get a defenitive cyro one, very pleased with the improvement, you could also get one made up.

Aside from the DIN ( getting it from DNM) do you have any tips? Disc stabilizer? Warm up time? Any tweaks? How would you describe it?

Just ordered my first CDs in twenty years - so much music to choose from...

[greygoose]

my best upgrade was first the din cable and then I used an ag500 power regenerator which lifted its performance, i had power issues but this sorted them out.
I have a resolotion audio cd 50 which has a ively euphoric sound, the opus 21 is very analogue sound , a nice balanced sound, it is not a base monster but you will have to judge it in your system, I would love to compare it to a great northern sounds unit to compare the difference?

[farflungstar]

my best upgrade was first the din cable and then I used an ag500 power regenerator which lifted its performance, i had power issues but this sorted them out.
I have a resolotion audio cd 50 which has a ively euphoric sound, the opus 21 is very analogue sound , a nice balanced sound, it is not a base monster but you will have to judge it in your system, I would love to compare it to a great northern sounds unit to compare the difference?

From what I've read (and as always when I'm looking to buy something i read a lot) the main difference wth the GNSC is in the bass, more of it basically - but this is system dependent I world have thought. I won't lie and say I wouldn't have preferred the tricked out version because I like the best of something - but again it depends on system and the stock Opus should sound great as is in my system.

Going digital is a big thing for me - I've lavished so much love (and money) on my vinyl rig I feel like I'm cheating on my partner. But there's a world of music out there i just can't get on vinyl and that's the point of this game - music - so cheat I must.

[MikeMusic]

Rega Isis on Ebay right now

£2800 I think. Less than half retail and very good.
The internal DAC is also available to use for other inputs. Exactly what I am doing right now from a Pi streamer

[RichardA]

I still have my Opus 21 which I use with a DNM DIN cable with the fancy HFTN thingies. Lovely sound.

Denis Morecroft (DNM) told me that you can tweak the Opus further by adjusting the digital volume control on the Opus down from 100 max setting to exactly 1. At the time he explained the logic - bypassing something or other. It obviously doesn't affect the actual volume if you are using the DIN as it has a fixed output. I am not sure that I understood the rationale but I just took his advice. Similarly I didn't worry about before and after tests (life is too short and in any case I simply believed him as he designed/worked on the electronics for the Opus player, as I recall, and was using one for his own personal use).

Might appear odd but doesn't hurt to try!

Aside from the DIN ( getting it from DNM) do you have any tips? Disc stabilizer? Warm up time? Any tweaks? How would you describe it?

Just ordered my first CDs in twenty years - so much music to choose from...