I have a linear supply for it which is a very solid upgrade for it. I cant think of any particular downsides to it to be honest although there are certainly better dacs out there. Im not in a postion to invest alot in digital, mainly because im not that interested in doing so because im happy enough...

If the real ale man likes it, then who is anyone to say otherwise I found with my lp12 that once i binned off the linn arms and carts the deck was perfectly reasonable. Not the last word in anything, but i could happily listen to it. With a project arm in 2002, one of the very first one bought separ...

With dacs i have used a few fairly recently. Last one i bought was a topping e30 to go with an old arcam delta 170 transport. I have compared it to a musical fidelity m1, (next youngest), my cyrus cd7 (1998) a beresford tc7510 and an arcam black box 3 which was the matching dac for the transport (19...

Im curious about the b&w p7s My daughter tried the p5s and immediately wants them to replace her sennheiser momentums. Fat chance, unless i could get something better than the p5s for not much money which is not all that likely for the money i paid for them. Ive gotten quite attached to the easy...

Think "ohh fancy putting some music on". Get waylaid by work or person wanting something Complete errand/job/request Look at records thinking "what do i want to listen to" Get waylaid by email/phone call/person rattling on about something Reply to email/phone call/person rattling...

Cool, thank for the pointers of where to start

Interesting.. abit off topic, but you folks know more than me about these things. The b&w p5s are really rather nice. Balanced abit towards the bassy end of the spectrum for me, but pleasantly smooth and engaging even though id prefer a more neutral presentation. Ive been using them with my phon...

Just been browsing through this thread. I don't use headphones very often but have just recently bought some b&w p5s for not much to be used with a tablet i have been playing about with streaming spotify via a topping e30 dac. About the simplest streaming setup possible which cost me nowt becaus...

One ive always liked is the cover of elegy by the nice.
One of hipgnosis early ones

All it is is a valve output stage instead of an op amp one as far as i can see. i changed op amps on a couple of philips 1541 players, and recapped them completely. There is also the nos mod that can be done to the 1541. I like 1541 players, they are fun things to play with. The valve output stage i...