MGM1956
23-09-2017, 23:07
Hi All
My name is Michael from Bearsden here in Bonnie Scotland and have been asked to introduce myself before I can post anything in the forum!
I caught the HiFi bug when my parents bought me a music center (anyone remember them?) for my 15th birthday many many years ago. It was totally Low Fi but it though it was great until I happen to hear my friend's dad separates of Pioneer turntable, amp, cassette and speaker set up. It sounded so much than my music center and for the next few years I saved up my money from my Saturday job and finally 5 years later in the mid 1970's I managed to save enough money to buy a second hand Thorens TD125 with Grace Arm, Micro Acoustic 2002e cartridge, Sugden C51 / P51 pre/power and Celef PE1 speakers, To my ears this sounded like heaven but during my time studying at University I took a part time job on a Saturday working in a hifi shop which made me realize that my system could be improved! My part time job allowed me to hear the latest equipment without having to buy them. Over the next two decades I slowly transformed my system into a Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok arm and Supex moving coil, Sudgen AU51 pre-amp, Nakamichi PA-3 Status power amp and AR LST monitor speakers which I still use today.
Like most people I succumbed to CD and bought myself a Marantz CD-94 which sounded very vinyl-like and I used for many, many years until the tray stopped working! At this point I went a bit mad and replaced it with a TAG McLaren DVD32R transport with a Meridian 203 Bitsteam DAC. This sounds even better than the Marantz ever did but after not upgrading my system for about 10 years I have suffered a relapse and am getting the HiFi urge again to replace my DAC which is getting a bit long in the tooth for something better!
With this in mind I decided to join up to see if anyone could help me. There are so many DAC's on the market and have seen a few on Ebay which look interesting but as most do not seem to be sold in Glasgow, cannot hear them. The DAC's in question are Perpetual Technologies P-3A, M2Tech Young, Musical Fidelity M1, Moodlab Concept Non Oversampling,Heed Audio Dactilus III DACs. Has anyone any experience with any of these or are there even better ones out there than you would recommend?
I like listening to both to LPs an CDs and like most music including, Jazz, Classic, Rock and Pop (and others!) and live to listen to Get It On... with Bryan Burnett on Radio Scotland week days between 6:30 to 9pm. Great mix of music both old and new!
Cheers!
My name is Michael from Bearsden here in Bonnie Scotland and have been asked to introduce myself before I can post anything in the forum!
I caught the HiFi bug when my parents bought me a music center (anyone remember them?) for my 15th birthday many many years ago. It was totally Low Fi but it though it was great until I happen to hear my friend's dad separates of Pioneer turntable, amp, cassette and speaker set up. It sounded so much than my music center and for the next few years I saved up my money from my Saturday job and finally 5 years later in the mid 1970's I managed to save enough money to buy a second hand Thorens TD125 with Grace Arm, Micro Acoustic 2002e cartridge, Sugden C51 / P51 pre/power and Celef PE1 speakers, To my ears this sounded like heaven but during my time studying at University I took a part time job on a Saturday working in a hifi shop which made me realize that my system could be improved! My part time job allowed me to hear the latest equipment without having to buy them. Over the next two decades I slowly transformed my system into a Linn Sondek LP12, Ittok arm and Supex moving coil, Sudgen AU51 pre-amp, Nakamichi PA-3 Status power amp and AR LST monitor speakers which I still use today.
Like most people I succumbed to CD and bought myself a Marantz CD-94 which sounded very vinyl-like and I used for many, many years until the tray stopped working! At this point I went a bit mad and replaced it with a TAG McLaren DVD32R transport with a Meridian 203 Bitsteam DAC. This sounds even better than the Marantz ever did but after not upgrading my system for about 10 years I have suffered a relapse and am getting the HiFi urge again to replace my DAC which is getting a bit long in the tooth for something better!
With this in mind I decided to join up to see if anyone could help me. There are so many DAC's on the market and have seen a few on Ebay which look interesting but as most do not seem to be sold in Glasgow, cannot hear them. The DAC's in question are Perpetual Technologies P-3A, M2Tech Young, Musical Fidelity M1, Moodlab Concept Non Oversampling,Heed Audio Dactilus III DACs. Has anyone any experience with any of these or are there even better ones out there than you would recommend?
I like listening to both to LPs an CDs and like most music including, Jazz, Classic, Rock and Pop (and others!) and live to listen to Get It On... with Bryan Burnett on Radio Scotland week days between 6:30 to 9pm. Great mix of music both old and new!
Cheers!