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Bazil
11-11-2010, 17:22
The deck is a P2 with an Elys2 and a Michel Technoweight.
The Speakers are RS1's in piano black.
The space in the rack is waiting a new arrival ;)
Reid Malenfant
11-11-2010, 17:41
Looks like a nice clean setup & room you have there chap, very nice indeed :)

When i first clapped eyes on one of those Rega amplifiers i honestly did do a double take, i mean i know musical fidelity equipment can be a little unorthodox, but whoever thought of sticking a heatsink on the underside of an amplifier just won the daftee prize :mental: :lolsign:

Well it's certainly different :eyebrows:

That's some CD changer you have there to :stalks: 300 discs :eek:
Bazil
12-11-2010, 18:10
Sorry for the same pics I'm practicing :)


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Pete The Cat
13-11-2010, 14:53
Come on, chap. Don't keep us in suspense - what's the new arrival ?

Pete
Bazil
13-11-2010, 17:51
Come on, chap. Don't keep us in suspense - what's the new arrival ?

Pete

Its a Cambridge Audio DAC 1. Described as condition superb and totally unmarked. If it proves the case I am hoping to get it upgraded, but more about that later.
Bazil
16-11-2010, 15:39
Dac has arrived, pretty good for £80 odd .
Don't think I'm going to get it modded as the Sony wurlitzer sounds great now.

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DSJR
16-11-2010, 17:10
Psssst - change the P2 for an RP1 - there isn't a "new" P2 in the up and coming new range for good reason ;)
Bazil
16-11-2010, 17:29
Psssst - change the P2 for an RP1 - there isn't a "new" P2 in the up and coming new range for good reason ;)

Must be that it can't get any better :)
Unless I fit a white belt and
a new sub-platter and
an acrylic platter and
a techno weight... oops I've done that..and
rewire the arm and
some spikey feet and
an off board psu and
replace the cartridge

:eek: ££££££
Bazil
23-11-2010, 13:26
After exactly one week my new arrival has been replaced by a DAC 2.
DAC 1 is for sale in the ads forum with an explanation :)

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diebenkorn
25-11-2010, 03:04
You certainly have a penchant for audio equipment with numbers. Was the Cambridge dac not the real number one (sorry couldn't resist) :)
DSJR
25-11-2010, 09:19
Must be that it can't get any better :)
Unless I fit a white belt and
a new sub-platter and
an acrylic platter and
a techno weight... oops I've done that..and
rewire the arm and
some spikey feet and
an off board psu and
replace the cartridge

:eek: ££££££

I'm lecturing you (:eek:) that an RP1 with supplied Ortofon cartridge will probably sound better than your P2 with "Aluminised" platter - sorry, silver painted on the edge :D


Seriously now, I found that all the CD players and DACs I tried from the DacMagic era used to like a highg-current mains conditioner/filter. The Roxburgh 6A one available from Farnell works well on the DAC only -

http://uk.farnell.com/roxburgh/pmf6/filter-in-line-6a/dp/1101097?Ntt=RoxburghIN-LINE
Bazil
25-11-2010, 10:21
Seriously now, I found that all the CD players and DACs I tried from the DacMagic era used to like a highg-current mains conditioner/filter. The Roxburgh 6A one available from Farnell works well on the DAC only -
http://uk.farnell.com/roxburgh/pmf6/filter-in-line-6a/dp/1101097?Ntt=RoxburghIN-LINE

Thanks for the info. unfortunately the mains cable on my DAC is hard wired.
Bazil
25-11-2010, 10:23
You certainly have a penchant for audio equipment with numbers. Was the Cambridge dac not the real number one (sorry couldn't resist) :)

nice one ;)
SimontY
28-11-2010, 00:34
...or you could try running the DAC and CDP through an isolation transformer. That can work well IME.
Bazil
28-11-2010, 18:56
...or you could try running the DAC and CDP through an isolation transformer. That can work well IME.

Thanks Simon but what am I going to gain?
I haven't actually said there is a problem with the sound.
DSJR
28-11-2010, 19:11
Thanks for the info. unfortunately the mains cable on my DAC is hard wired.

Simple :) although a bit clumsy. Wire an IEC socket on the end of your item and connect to IEC plug on the filter unit. Make, or have made, a short IEC to 13A plug lead and connect this to the mains and IEC socket on the filter ;)
Bazil
29-11-2010, 12:39
Simple :) although a bit clumsy. Wire an IEC socket on the end of your item and connect to IEC plug on the filter unit. Make, or have made, a short IEC to 13A plug lead and connect this to the mains and IEC socket on the filter ;)

I can do it but like my last post what will I gain?
Bazil
30-10-2011, 18:22
Just an update on my kit, the ipod has been rescued from the conservatory for the winter, the Pure dock has its own DAC but I am by-passing it through the Dacmagic at present.

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Thorens TD160/Denon dl110/Sony CX355/Cambridge Audio DACmagic II/Rega Mira3/ Rega RS1's.
Mark Grant GD1000 / Nordost Flatline Gold II
Bazil
31-10-2011, 12:02
Forgot to list the kit- now edited.