This amp spurred my latest purchase, Geoff's Monarchy class A thing
This amp spurred my latest purchase, Geoff's Monarchy class A thing
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Just out of comparative interest, here are the innards of my old Mk1 Krell KSA50.
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Huge tranny and caps on that macca
They don't like it up em capt
Jerrys is no slouch either
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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:
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
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
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...
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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...
Tear down these walls; Cut the ties that held me
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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
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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