Bargains on ebay?

[walpurgis]

"The Station Agent" is an excellent film; though your dog doesn't seem to be too impressed.

He was exhausted from having just watched 'Fast and Furious'.

[worrasf]

MYST TMA-3
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1712799229...84.m1423.l2649

On my watch list but I really can't justify another amp - but then again if none else wants it .......

[walpurgis]

Teac A-450. Possibly the best cassette deck next to a Nakamichi.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TEAC-A-450...item258c397601

[nat8808]

Well the whole system is apart at the moment, so I can get the TV on the wall. Once I get it all rigged up again I shall make the comparison. But I can't see a DVD player that cost me £22.50 bettering a Meridian that I spent £1200 on.

You might be surprised.. Apparently the memory buffers which are standard in DVD players make a good difference and not something Meridian would have implemented back in the 90s (practically no transport/CD player with a dedicated CD mech does). There are some studio players from back then which do (for instant start) but not sure they are implemented in a way which benefits sound quality.

[walpurgis]

You might be surprised.. Apparently the memory buffers which are standard in DVD players make a good difference and not something Meridian would have implemented back in the 90s (practically no transport/CD player with a dedicated CD mech does). There are some studio players from back then which do (for instant start) but not sure they are implemented in a way which benefits sound quality.

My Meridian 507 is not from the nineties. It's maybe nine years old, possibly the same age as the DV-717. What buffering is used, if any, I don't know, but it sounds excellent.

[nat8808]

My Meridian 507 is not from the nineties. It's maybe nine years old, possibly the same age as the DV-717. What buffering is used, if any, I don't know, but it sounds excellent.

Oh I see, thought I read earlier it was a 200 series. 507 does indeed use buffering of some kind and uses a CD-ROM drive rather than CD specific mech.

Some DVD players sound excellent as transports too. Also though DVD players depreciate a million times more so the £22.00 won't be a good judge..

[orbscure]

My Meridian 507 is not from the nineties. It's maybe nine years old, possibly the same age as the DV-717. What buffering is used, if any, I don't know, but it sounds excellent.

From the 507 User Manual:

"The 507 uses a precision CD-ROM drive, with the data read asynchronously and then triple buffered to isolate output timing from the mechanics of the drive. The data is also dejittered using very precise master oscillators to give a clear, open, authoritative sound. The digital signal is decoded using the latest 192kHz 24-bit dual-differential Delta Sigma digital-to-analogue converter, combined with a discrete class A output for superlative audio performance."

[walpurgis]

Oh I see, thought I read earlier it was a 200 series.

I have a 206 as well (and a couple of Pioneer PD-S505 Precision players).

[mr sneff]

Bloody hell! Somebody snapped up the twigs for £62!!

[istari_knight]

Bloody hell! Somebody snapped up the twigs for £62!!

I wonder if there's a market for Cornish twigs ? I could always throw in some sand grains & pasty pastry flakes to sweeten the deal.