Hi Joe,
I totally agree, whilst I predominantly use my Squeezebox / Caiman combo these days, the CDI is still such a nice and easy to listen to player… for decent Hifi sessions I always use the CDI
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Hi Joe,
I totally agree, whilst I predominantly use my Squeezebox / Caiman combo these days, the CDI is still such a nice and easy to listen to player… for decent Hifi sessions I always use the CDI
P.
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Wouldn't mind to see a pic of the amp and the valves.
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Come to think of it my next oldest Hifi item is my recently acquired Mission Cyrus I Mk II integrated amplifer which I purchased from Datawireless a few months ago and it is going as strong as ever
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Wouldn't mind to see a pic of the amp and the valves.Originally Posted by SPS
Hi Paul.
I can only agree.. The CDI was one of my all time fave cdp's... I liked the sound much better than the MF X-Ray for example and the Naim CD3.5. The CDI is ripe for some tweak-a-roonie's too
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Yeah I have heard that, but to be honest I am not sure it needs to be tweaked, its such a good machine stock!The CDI is ripe for some tweak-a-roonie's too
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I think the recommended tweaks are on the power side only. The TDA1541S1 dac is sublime so nothing to do there.
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