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by Nihil Sleighride
Sun Mar 05, 2017 9:33 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: DACs
Replies: 60
Views: 16987
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Re: DACs

DacMagic Plus and Powergorilla is a great little combo. I did have to get a lead made to use between them but so far it's certainly been worth doing. I thought the Dac was good with the wallwart and more enjoyable than the Audiolab 8200CD. The battery just really brings more depth and clarity the tu...
by Nihil Sleighride
Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: DACs
Replies: 60
Views: 16987
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Re: DACs

I'll do an update as soon as I can. That's kinda what I'm thinking; the battery should be an improvement on the wall wart but I'm under no illusion that moving to an LPSU wouldn't bring further benefits that you've found with the Pi. I use a little Cubox I4pro instead of a Pi and wondered if that wo...
by Nihil Sleighride
Sun Feb 19, 2017 10:22 am
Forum: General Audio
Topic: DACs
Replies: 60
Views: 16987
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Re: DACs

Did either of you ever try a battery vs. lpsu?
As a interim to avoid using the wall wart I've got one of these on the way to try
https://www.powertraveller.com/en/shop/ ... ergorilla/

At £54 delivered and not the £160 I thought it might be worth a try.
by Nihil Sleighride
Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:11 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: DACs
Replies: 60
Views: 16987
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Re: DACs

Cheers both of you. Looking forward to trying it. I took the leap and sold the Audiolab 8200CD which I have been using, once or twice was near to getting a Meridian Director and doing the PSU thing or a Chord Mojo. But as Richer Sounds were doing re-packs at a good price it was just too tempting alt...
by Nihil Sleighride
Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:24 pm
Forum: General Audio
Topic: DACs
Replies: 60
Views: 16987
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Re: DACs

For the technically-minded here is a picture of the SBooster's internals - maybe the techies will want to compare this to the Lurcher model. The first thing I noticed when I collected it from the shop was the weight of the thing (still in the box) - that is one heavy transformer in there ! :grin: h...
by Nihil Sleighride
Sat Jan 21, 2017 9:12 am
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: Interconnect or Speaker cable
Replies: 6
Views: 3443
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Re: Interconnect or Speaker cable

Ideally at the moment something not more than £500. I'm not going to be streaming DSD it'll just be for FLAC files from my NAS via the Cubox with Volumio. Always happy to go pre-owned and I'd not thought about the Cambridge. The form factor of the Mojo appeals and I had thought about getting a Linea...
by Nihil Sleighride
Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: Interconnect or Speaker cable
Replies: 6
Views: 3443
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Re: Interconnect or Speaker cable

The SSP MK2 has replaced a £450 per metre Van Den Hul i/c in my system. The first thing I thought was the SSP mk2 was the way to go after trying the SSC and that was before the change to the P50SA and NuForce. I am going to need a new DAC though too as just sold the Audiolab I was using current thi...
by Nihil Sleighride
Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:24 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: Interconnect or Speaker cable
Replies: 6
Views: 3443
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Re: Interconnect or Speaker cable

Cheers Richard. I was too late to putting dibs on the SSP1 in the classifieds I think. I'lve got your Mk2 SSP in my eBay watch list so I'll try those as soon as I can.

Thanks
Liam
by Nihil Sleighride
Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:49 pm
Forum: NVA Discussions
Topic: Interconnect or Speaker cable
Replies: 6
Views: 3443
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Interconnect or Speaker cable

Right o, I've currently got LS5 and a P50SA. From LS2 to 3 to 5 has bought wowzer I wasn't expecting that increase in my enjoyment. Should I now consider LS6 or bag some SSP? I tried SSC between my Sony 670ES and Audiolab 8200CD but compared to the Van Damme IC was using they didn't float my boat. N...
by Nihil Sleighride
Fri Jan 20, 2017 9:30 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Your last listen
Replies: 8441
Views: 2309709
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Re: Your last listen

That looks like a nice Technics there Nihil. 8-) Cheers, I bought fully recon'd, serviced and sprayed one for around new Rega money a few years ago. Only mods up until the tonearm swap to Audiomods Services V were the original arm re-wired and checked out by Johnny @Audio Origami and bearing modded...