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Nobody takes the internet as seriously as we do and definitely not "old" Europe. I think the the phone companies are fast approaching 99% 3G coverage of the island and some 15-20km out to sea, like we need to check the email on top of a glacier or out on sea . Alex has been posting on the APL forum though so he might be doing it telepathically...

That sucks big time. I still haven't heard back from him since my issues in April and most likely never will...

The forks (which hold the earpieces to on the arc) break a lot on the Lambdas and so to the arcs so just don't sit on them. The drivers are pretty robust and dust is not much of an issue but some form of a dust cover is a good idea.

Thanks for the list not that I need any more sources or headphones after my most recent shopping spree...

Massive line sources tend to make believers out of just about anybody...

Great impressions but plug those ports and the bass is even better and the midrange is the best you can get with no "shout" on the vocals... There is no other headphone I would rather use for rock though some of the classic 60's stuff sounds sublime on the SR-3/SRA-3S combo.

Quoting the above video... "Holy shit!!!"

Did the original Naim CDS use S1 chips?

That's very cool! I know that there is a set in my future once I can find a place that's big enough with the ceiling height to match.

If they are anything short of a triple stacked Quad ESL or Sound Lab Majestic's then no...

Ouch!!! That's a lot for some chips. Btw. Have you heard anything from Alex about your player?

If anybody wants a DAC with S2 chips look no further...

I think that the D5000 mod only sounds like the R10 in markl's own idiotic mind. The fact that he thinks Rudi's amps are good speaks volumes... You can force them to squeal like every other ESP but it's not normal. The fart is a pretty silly name for it...

The Marantz CD-7 is on my hitlist... I think I'll stick with my inferior chips for now...

Get a new amp and report back... ...

You might be over damping the driver or putting too much pressure on the top of it and thus more tension on the diaphragm.

Dac rolling is the new frontier...

Rikens rule but I wish that there were two crowns on those chips... Thanks, these old, cheap Canon's are pretty good and this one is heavy enough to be stable in my hands. I'm way too lazy to use a tripod...

Crap!!! Will do when I can stop listening to the damn thing...

Add the AudioZone to the mix and I have two very pretty DAC's...

It's not in the same league... not even close. It lacks the organic flow and amazing detail retrieval of the APL unit and same goes for bass and treble extension. Considering the price difference I don't mind and a better comparison would be between the DAS-R1 and the AudioZone NOS DAC I have in my computer rig. I don't have a good transport so that comparison will have to wait for a better time.

FOTM FTW!!!

Makes the Meridian G08 sound like the POS it really is and stands up to expensive contemporary gear. It does lack the HF sparkle of newer units but after listening to it for months on end I don't know where all this digitalis crap came from. It simply sounds sublime, musical and slightly dark, with great bass detail and slam. It should be even better with the CDP-R1 as it's clock linked. The only thing I'd like to change are the connectors, BNC for the digital in and silver WBT's for output with upgraded wiring and a built in 230->100v transformer. The digital input board is in a fully shielded cage under the DAC/output board and it's littered with chips. Btw. If you want the service manual with full schematics just let me know. Truly masssive at more then 20kg as well. Check out the solid copper back panel...

As promised here are some pics of the first reference level CDP Sony ever made, well one half of it. Released in 1987 it's built to a standard Sony can only dream off today with solid copper panels and huge transformers for it's meager 25w draw.