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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 5:50:53 GMT
I bagged a Sony CDP-S1 for £36. Is that a bargain ? I’ve seen them fetch £100 plus so I’d say it is a bargain. You’d probably pay more for an Arcam Alpha 5, but in stock form they aren’t good. You’d likely get much more from it, but LesW doesn’t think it’s as good as a baby Naim when tweaked so you’re probs better off with the Sony. Yay, a bargain after all. I was hoping i might be the only one interested and get it for £25. But there was one other bidder who obviously set their highest bid as £35. Alpha 5 ? Dull, dull dull. I have four cdp's now. Highlymodified CD3.5, untouched CD3.5, Cambridge Audio CD5 and this Sony when it arrives. Thats not too bad is it ? Or am i now part of the hifi OCD club ? |
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Post by macca on Jun 8, 2019 7:59:41 GMT
I've got ten but they don't all work.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 8:19:34 GMT
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Post by macca on Jun 8, 2019 8:33:26 GMT
Someone should snap them up. Bet they don't sell though. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 10:19:20 GMT
I’ve just bought my son a new drum kit so the kitty is a bit spartan... a grand for those 2 is cheap for an end game setup which it would be with the right speakers.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 9, 2019 18:59:13 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 9, 2019 19:21:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2019 21:41:21 GMT
Shame about the alps blue, he will never have heard how good that combo can sound. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2019 21:43:28 GMT
Already gone but I’d live to know what it went for. I may have been tempted because I really rate them. Went for £320 it will be here on 23rd of this month. A mate of mine bought it and he wants a bake off with the Krell Madman lol |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 9, 2019 22:10:54 GMT
Already gone but I’d live to know what it went for. I may have been tempted because I really rate them. Went for £320 it will be here on 23rd of this month. A mate of mine bought it and he wants a bake off with the Krell Madman lol That’s a steal. If he ever wants to sell it and you don’t want it, I’d snap his hand off. There were 2 versions of the amp. I had mk2. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 9, 2019 22:12:55 GMT
I’m curious about your logo, which I really like btw. I saw the details on AoS, but not the origins. It looks like a Kabbalistic symbol, but I don’t recognise it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2019 6:23:23 GMT
Went for £320 it will be here on 23rd of this month. A mate of mine bought it and he wants a bake off with the Krell Madman lol That’s a steal. If he ever wants to sell it and you don’t want it, I’d snap his hand off. There were 2 versions of the amp. I had mk2. Yes, I agree. He's totally got a bargain there. I'll let him know he has a buyer waiting lol. I'm looking forward to giving it a thorough listen. The logo was designed by a guy called Rob. He wanted a BigBottle phonostage pcb so I swapped him for a logo. The circles are representative of how things have come together. The phonostage was a group effort. The outer circles (Firebottle, Jean-Paul, Andy, Steve, Angus) represent that as they all link to the middle (me) I said from the off that I am only the connector of people who know more than me and I wanted the logo to represent that. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 10, 2019 12:03:17 GMT
That’s a steal. If he ever wants to sell it and you don’t want it, I’d snap his hand off. There were 2 versions of the amp. I had mk2. Yes, I agree. He's totally got a bargain there. I'll let him know he has a buyer waiting lol. I'm looking forward to giving it a thorough listen. The logo was designed by a guy called Rob. He wanted a BigBottle phonostage pcb so I swapped him for a logo. The circles are representative of how things have come together. The phonostage was a group effort. The outer circles (Firebottle, Jean-Paul, Andy, Steve, Angus) represent that as they all link to the middle (me) I said from the off that I am only the connector of people who know more than me and I wanted the logo to represent that. It’s cool as hell, I love sacred geometry and kabbalistic symbols and yours looks like a lost and rediscovered one. It has “tree of life” or the star symbols written all over it, |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2019 12:38:42 GMT
Yes, I agree. He's totally got a bargain there. I'll let him know he has a buyer waiting lol. I'm looking forward to giving it a thorough listen. The logo was designed by a guy called Rob. He wanted a BigBottle phonostage pcb so I swapped him for a logo. The circles are representative of how things have come together. The phonostage was a group effort. The outer circles (Firebottle, Jean-Paul, Andy, Steve, Angus) represent that as they all link to the middle (me) I said from the off that I am only the connector of people who know more than me and I wanted the logo to represent that. It’s cool as hell, I love sacred geometry and kabbalistic symbols and yours looks like a lost and rediscovered one. It has “tree of life” or the star symbols written all over it, Thanks mate, I'll be having it laser etched on my phonostage as soon as I can get a price. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 11, 2019 13:21:33 GMT
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Post by savvypaul on Jun 11, 2019 13:23:30 GMT
A Noel Keywood favourite iirc... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 13:34:57 GMT
Well i got my Sony CDP-S1 today. Can't plug the bugger in though as it has a captive lead with 2 prong plug on it.
I will have to cut this plug off and put a normal 3 pin jobbie on. Unless some one knows of a work around ?
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 11, 2019 13:52:50 GMT
Well i got my Sony CDP-S1 today. Can't plug the bugger in though as it has a captive lead with 2 prong plug on it. I will have to cut this plug off and put a normal 3 pin jobbie on. Unless some one knows of a work around ? Just buy a travel adaptor.. should work fine, although I’d just lop odd the 2 pin job is myself. |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 11, 2019 13:55:27 GMT
A Noel Keywood favourite iirc... Ah, the Baron of bland himself. He was still a very useful reviewer fir me because I could pretty much rule out anything he loved. |
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Post by savvypaul on Jun 11, 2019 13:55:58 GMT
I will have to cut this plug off and put a normal 3 pin jobbie on. Unless some one knows of a work around ? Given your previous projects...I expect you to hardwire it to a National Grid pylon  |
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Post by savvypaul on Jun 11, 2019 13:57:26 GMT
A Noel Keywood favourite iirc... Ah, the Baron of bland himself. He was still a very useful reviewer fir me because I could pretty much rule out anything he loved. In the kingdom of the blind It’s said the one-eyed man is king And in the kingdom of the bland It’s nine o’clock on ITV HMHB |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 14:00:25 GMT
Cheers Andrew. Couldn't find a travel adaptor and did not want to chop it off if i had to send it back for any reason.
I put a screw driver in the mains extension socket earth pin receiver to open up the live and neutral. The 2 pin socket just goes straight in. I then plugged the extension in and turned it on. Unit powers up and reads a disc. It plays track one as well - so far so good. I can't listen to it just yet though due to the diy complexity (chaos) of my main system. I need to hook it up to my AP20 when the wife is not looking.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 14:02:11 GMT
I will have to cut this plug off and put a normal 3 pin jobbie on. Unless some one knows of a work around ? Given your previous projects...I expect you to hardwire it to a National Grid pylon I would if i only had the balls to do it  . Free electricity  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 14:13:24 GMT
Just had a brain wave. Off to my sound proof drum room now where i am gonna plug it in to the PA that resides in there. That'll be enough to ascertain if it work properly or not. Gonna crank it right up and rock my socks off to some Mahavishnu Orchestra.  |
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Post by savvypaul on Jun 11, 2019 14:16:15 GMT
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Post by antonio on Jun 11, 2019 14:42:04 GMT
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 11, 2019 14:46:22 GMT
Boy they are ugly. Would probably spoil the wine. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 15:06:31 GMT
Just had a brain wave. Off to my sound proof drum room now where i am gonna plug it in to the PA that resides in there. That'll be enough to ascertain if it work properly or not. Gonna crank it right up and rock my socks off to some Mahavishnu Orchestra. Thoroughly tested and it works flawlessly. I am impressed with the sonics so can't wait to have a proper listen. There is a stupid AC out connector on the back of the unit to supply power to the tuner in the stack system. |
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Post by macca on Jun 11, 2019 15:52:39 GMT
A Noel Keywood favourite iirc... I thought it was the Sextet that he was really keen on?
I used to quite enjoy his speaker reviews, at least they were not just full of praise, if he heard something he didn't like he said so.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2019 17:47:56 GMT
Got quite a neat solid headshell for £21: ebay.co.uk/itm/292602450427On one of these links there was a bloke in the US offering cartridge re-tipping with aluminium shank an elliptical stylus for about £70, but I can't find him now. It was the Sextets Noel K was a fan of. |
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