Originally Posted by
Macca
They are great keyboards, I don't understand why computer keyboards went so crap. And why so few people seem to care.
TRS80 had a great keyboard as did the Apple II and those old IBMs, like you say.
I was going to buy one of those mechanical keyboards a couple of years back but switched to a laptop instead. The cheapest decent one I could find was about £150 new. The vintage were crazy money.
Unfortunately...
(shudder)
Done now, really happy to have one now, especially in this condition.
TRS80 was awesome,
Remember plinka plonking them in Tandy Glasgow back in the day...
10 PRINT "I've just farted";
20 GOTO 10
Last edited by Gazjam; 02-03-2024 at 20:09.
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables