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I think Nate's building one of these for his "crib"

yes it did. Here are all the players I know of with S1 chips: Arcam Delta 70.2 Creek CD60 Grundig CD9009 (dual S1) Luxman D-500X II Marantz CD80 Marantz CD85 Marantz CD880J Marantz CD94 mk2 Marantz CD99SE (dual S1) Marantz CDA94 McIntosh MCD7007 Naim CD3 Naim CDI Naim CDS1 NEC CD-10 (dual S1) NEC CD-816 (dual S1) NEC CD-830DS (dual S1) Orelle CD100SE Philips CD350 mk2 Philips CD80 Philips CD85 Philips CD880 Rotel RCD-855 Sony DAS-R1 (dual S1) Studer A727 Sudgen SDT-1 Sugden Master Class Teac D-500 (dual S1)

Just for completeness sake, here are the players with the S2 that I know of: Marantz CD-12 Marantz CD7 Marantz Project D-1 (dual S2s) Meridian 207 Philips LHH1000 Studer A730

$100 each was going rate about 3-4 years ago

none with double crowns. I compiled a list of units that are known to ship with these oddities and none can be had for less than a few grand. My strategy is to find ungraded chips that test well, or ungraded chips with the same batch numbers as those that S2 chips came from. The latter strategy is playing out well for me, as I don't have the equipment to pursue the former. Also, I have around 50 TDA1543/TDA1543A and have been just randomly plugging them in and listening and there are some that sound better than others. Remember, these chips were never graded at all.

can't you use use your trunk? Elephants seem very dexterous with their trunks....

they're not even socketed, which is crazy...

I like the cute little crowns and blue cylinders with the cute stripes on them

seems worth what they are asking...

not as pretty as Spritzer's. You loose. Does anyone mod these DACs? Seems like it would be an interesting experiment (for someone, not me)...

that's some primo stuff man...

the original SR-007

congrats man!

this project has so much "fail" potential, given the "questions" asked... just use rechargeable batteries and be done with it.

try the cheapest spades that Kimber Kable makes, as Vandersteen speakers historically have the same issues and I've found that these fit very nicely into the narrow barrier strips.

look who's here howdy!

hey, can you use the mylar tape with that platter if you ride it up above the string grooves?

yes, if by extreme you mean fire and smoke.

1 part BBQ sauce, 1 part grape jelly. Simmer and stir on the stove, serve warm.

and doesn't use magic eye tubes...

I couldn't build that for $800...

well, since my amp would provide no voltage gain, absurdity is merited. Aleph doesn't have enough voltage gain (I'll go hunt for what I need) edit: according to Papa: "...which is about 16-20 dB (gain) and +/-20V (swing) per input leg" the amp can handle a +/-40V unclipped output in balanced mono (as it's called in the docs)

just curious, are there any significant changes / improvements to the design? I have a set of boards and all the required parts, including transformer. I was sorta thinking about it as a preamp, but I would like to know its max voltage output, as I would use it into a Pass F4 current buffer and need lots of voltage swing.

yeah, I learned this the hard way.... me <- stupid First, why the hell did I even want to use ERS paper? and second, why did I stick it the bottom of a PCB? I have to say this ranks right up there with some of the stupidest things I've ever done.

B&D has 8 2sk389 in stock right now, I'd buy them if I were you.