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#1 Ooh, what's this ?

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Recent acquisition :
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Nice! :-)
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I must extend my thanks to the Origin Live tonearm , without whom ( sale ) none of this would have been possible :D
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It's really good that Michael Hedges album.
My copy didn't cost anything like the price of an Origin Live tonearm :lol:
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Sorry what are we supposed to be looking at?

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Nick's DAC
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You wouldn't expect me to reveal everything in one posting, would you Mike ?
I do like the readers to do a bit of work themselves.
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The curtains have to go....!

The Hedges album is great. The DAC isn't bad either....Heheheheheheeh.

Nice!
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Is it that special audiophile dust you've sprinkled on the rack?
You've bought a tub of audiophile dust :D
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The Stratmangler wrote:Is it that special audiophile dust you've sprinkled on the rack?
You've bought a tub of audiophile dust :D
Let me check ... yep - that's audiophile dust !
It falls naturally onto many surfaces in the house bringing me good audio luck .
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simon wrote:Nick's DAC
AH!!! :oops:

<go sit on naughty step for 30 minutes>
 
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Finally got a 4-pack of Raytheon 5687's , so will try & have a short session later this evening doing a first comparison against the Philips. Ah, this valve-swapping takes me back to the old WAD amp days !
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Wowww ....
There is a significant improvement with the Raytheons.
I'm hearing some stuff on Bowie CD's I've not noticed on Vinyl :shock:
This unit really is tremendous.
Some of you with DIY DACs based on the AK4396 might want to try an output stage like this one .....
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:D
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IslandPink wrote: Some of you with DIY DACs based on the AK4396 might want to try an output stage like this one .....
..like what one? I can't see anyfink! :)
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