My old hulk of an amp (Jungson) has been moved on to a very happy new owner and in its place now sits a Denon PMA 1700ne. The driving force behind this was the Jungson remote failing and not being able to replace it. I chose the Denon based on a lot of positive reviews and the fact that it had an onboard dac as well as a switchable phono stage. I've not really used the phono stage as I have the Tron but its nice to know its there. My Node 2i is fed into the onboard Dac and sounds better for it.
Overall id say the Denon seems to be a bit leaner sounding than the Jungson but I am in no way unhappy with what I'm hearing.
The Yamahas I picked up a few months ago were dropped off with a local audio engineer who gave them a good going over and replaced some of the out of spec cross over components (the 47µf 250 VAC and 2.7 µf 250 VAC replaced with new Monacor MKP Polypropylene caps), cleaned up the attenuators and fitted some new binding posts for me. I also managed to find a nice set of 300mm high Atacama stands for them on ebay which means they sit at the right height for me.
I didn't expect to ever buy another CD player but recently I became aware of the Technics SL DZ 1200 and fell in love with its looks. Weirdly enough not long after one popped up on ebay UK and so for a very reasonable amount its now mine. It was technics entry into the club DJ market in about 2004 but due to some initial software issues it failed miserably and soon the market moved on with Denon and Pioneer decks becoming the benchmark.
Il never use the multitude of DJ functions it has but I love the 10inch revolving platter that echoes the look & feel of my 1200 turntable, as a conversation piece its cool and sounds pretty good too.
Last edited by Zoidburg; 15-12-2023 at 17:00.
Technics SL1210 with
SME IV Arm & AT OC9XML,
Firebottle modded Tron Convergence Phono Stage,
Bluesound Node 2i, Technics SL DZ 1200 CD
Denon PMA1700ne amp
Yamaha NS1000M Speakers.
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