Crimson
23-06-2009, 18:07
Hi all!
I have been enjoying reading the threads here at TAOS for quite a while, and I think it would be only proper to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Dag and I live in a small town a few miles north of Oslo, Norway.
Music and hifi has been one of my main interrests since my dad bought a stereo turntable from Garrard with an "active speaker" in the lid (only mono until you bought a second matching speaker) around 1970.
My present stereo system consists of the following components:
Turntable: Thorens TD 320 (http://www.vinylengine.com/library/thorens/td320.shtml) modified with an Audioquest tonearm, Lyra Lydian B pickup
Amplifier: T+A PA1530R (http://www.taelektroakustik.de/eng/ta2/r_system/pa_1530_r.htm)
Speakers: T+A TCI2E (http://www.taelektroakustik.de/eng/ta2/ls_criterion/tci_2_e.htm)
CD player: None!
Music streaming: Slimdevices Squeezebox SB3 (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-classic.html)
Cables: Supra
I was also the happy owner of a terriffic CD/SACD player from T+A (SACD 1250 R (http://www.taelektroakustik.de/eng/ta2/r_system/sacd_1250_r.htm)) until a friend of mine came visiting and brought with him an external DAC, (a modified Lite DAC-60). After many hours of extended A/B testing together with several unbiased persons, I came to the conclusion that it was virtually no audible differences between the SACD player and the SB3/Lite DAC combo playing FLAC or WAV files streamed from the computer.
So I sold the SACD player and started looking for a versatile DAC, and ended up with a Beresford TC 7520 modified with new OPAMPs. The stock Beresford was nearly as good as the Lite DAC, but for considerably less money. I have so far not had the opportunity to compare the two after modifying the 7520, but I have a feeling that the 7520 now has the upper hand.
I wish to thank you for a great forum, and thanks to everybody who has been contributing to the highly interresing "Mod your Beresford 7520" Thread.
Regards,
Dag
I have been enjoying reading the threads here at TAOS for quite a while, and I think it would be only proper to say hello and introduce myself. My name is Dag and I live in a small town a few miles north of Oslo, Norway.
Music and hifi has been one of my main interrests since my dad bought a stereo turntable from Garrard with an "active speaker" in the lid (only mono until you bought a second matching speaker) around 1970.
My present stereo system consists of the following components:
Turntable: Thorens TD 320 (http://www.vinylengine.com/library/thorens/td320.shtml) modified with an Audioquest tonearm, Lyra Lydian B pickup
Amplifier: T+A PA1530R (http://www.taelektroakustik.de/eng/ta2/r_system/pa_1530_r.htm)
Speakers: T+A TCI2E (http://www.taelektroakustik.de/eng/ta2/ls_criterion/tci_2_e.htm)
CD player: None!
Music streaming: Slimdevices Squeezebox SB3 (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/squeezebox-classic.html)
Cables: Supra
I was also the happy owner of a terriffic CD/SACD player from T+A (SACD 1250 R (http://www.taelektroakustik.de/eng/ta2/r_system/sacd_1250_r.htm)) until a friend of mine came visiting and brought with him an external DAC, (a modified Lite DAC-60). After many hours of extended A/B testing together with several unbiased persons, I came to the conclusion that it was virtually no audible differences between the SACD player and the SB3/Lite DAC combo playing FLAC or WAV files streamed from the computer.
So I sold the SACD player and started looking for a versatile DAC, and ended up with a Beresford TC 7520 modified with new OPAMPs. The stock Beresford was nearly as good as the Lite DAC, but for considerably less money. I have so far not had the opportunity to compare the two after modifying the 7520, but I have a feeling that the 7520 now has the upper hand.
I wish to thank you for a great forum, and thanks to everybody who has been contributing to the highly interresing "Mod your Beresford 7520" Thread.
Regards,
Dag