This amp spurred my latest purchase, Geoff's Monarchy class A thing
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This amp spurred my latest purchase, Geoff's Monarchy class A thing
Just out of comparative interest, here are the innards of my old Mk1 Krell KSA50.
https://i.imgur.com/pRMEPim.jpg
Huge tranny and caps on that macca
They don't like it up em capt
Jerrys is no slouch either
Marantz CD54
Arrived the other day but only just got it out of the box. Here's a stock photo until I can get my telephone to talk to my computer:
https://i.imgur.com/WvnG1fP.jpg
And some blurb from the internet:
The first Compact Disc players arrived in 1982 and reached British buyers a year later. This generation has since become largely forgotten, which is a shame because – ironically – many sound far more ‘analogue’ than much of today’s high end esoterica. The Marantz CD-54 is a case in point. Made in 1984, it’s a late first generation design using Philips’ exquisite CDM-1 Pro metal diecast transport mechanism and the same company’s Palaeolithic 14-bit, 4 times oversampling DAC/filter package. Despite its midi size, the thing weighs a ton – evidence that the consumer electronics giants built their very first generation players to last. As they cost the format’s early adopters a packet, it was only right that they weren’t plastic boxes full of air.
Not given it a try yet, too knackered from work and it took me an hour and a half to get home tonight. Will give it a go tomorrow and report back
Not sure even I would go back that far now ;) The Meridian MCD-Pro was the first CD player I felt I could live with, the surprisingly good B&O CD-X, Mission DAD 7000R and Philips CD104 mk1 were the paths I took to get there back then (I didn't know the Marantz you've acquired Macca). Would be very interesting to reading your findings on it...
I had one of those really early 14 bit Philips CD thingies for a bit. Sounded surprisingly better than a cheap 16 bit Technics CDP I also had. Which genuinely sounded shit, when it really boils down to it. So not hard to beat.
I think it should sound pretty decent, all things considered.
These early-ish 14 bit models had BASS which was lacking in the first '16 bit' plastic cased models. Took a model or two to refine it I remember...
Very nice, Martin. A proper CDP, from the heydays of the format, designed to reproduce music with 'balls'!;)
I hope it's performing as closely as possible to its original spec, and that everything is working as it should. Enjoy, and I look forward to reading about your impressions:cool:
Marco.