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Jem
16-06-2011, 18:01
Well, you asked...so here's a photo. I only use CD's and the player is an ARCAM CD73. The speakers are Paradigm Monitor 7's, bi-wired to the A1000 with QED Silver flat cable. I keep contemplating having the CD73 upgraded which ARCAM will do for around £500, but I'm not convinced it's worth it. At the moment I'm content and polish the A1000 on a frequent basis. :)

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7311/jww0010.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/jww0010.jpg/)

Reid Malenfant
16-06-2011, 18:10
Hi Jeremy, yep, that's the one i remember :eyebrows: Please do try & take a bigger/better pic & host on something like Photobucket as it's free ;)

The Arcam CD73 is no slouch, nice bit of kit indeed.

The upgrade i think takes you to the realms of the 9 series which has the dCS Ring DAC, try talking to synsei as he knows more about this than i do :)

Jem
16-06-2011, 19:07
Hi Jeremy, yep, that's the one i remember :eyebrows: Please do try & take a bigger/better pic & host on something like Photobucket as it's free ;)

The Arcam CD73 is no slouch, nice bit of kit indeed.

The upgrade i think takes you to the realms of the 9 series which has the dCS Ring DAC, try talking to synsei as he knows more about this than i do :)

OK. Check it out above - that's the best I can do I think. My wife keeps asking me if I'm selling it because I'm taking pictures of it! To which my response was to turn the lens on her ;) ....

Reid Malenfant
16-06-2011, 19:13
Tell her we get off on class A amps on here, i guess i do even if i'm not the only one :eyebrows:

E2A:- Yes that's a bit better, can just about make out all that lovely heatsinking on the left & right hand sides :)

As i say, that is the kit i remember, very nice to & i certainly wouldn't mind listening to that again ;)

camtwister
16-06-2011, 19:49
I'd like to compliment your polishing.

How does it sound compared to the A1?

Jem
16-06-2011, 20:56
I'd like to compliment your polishing.

How does it sound compared to the A1?

Oh gosh...non technical effort coming up:

It's more powerful than the A1 so drives my speakers more efficiently. Consequently I get a rich, detailed, smooth / warm (Class A) sound at a relatively low volume. It packs a punch! :)