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Its in Savvy's DAC- off this weekend. Expect shocked expressions :mrgreen:

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Naim CD3 through MF M1DAC suits me fine. I find the CD3 on its own a bit anemic and Les's mods were a bit out of my reach.

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Quarknosis wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 9:51 pm Yes it's small Stu but it looks much better than I would expect for the price. Not that it's going to be on view of I can help it.

I've been listening to it for a few days now and I like what I hear. It has more detail than my modified vintage CD player which I expected but there's a lot more spatial information coming off CDs which I haven't experienced before with any player or DAC. It seemed to take a while to come on song when first switched on over the first few days but tonight it seemed to get there much quicker. At the moment I think the Philips player has a more natural sound with acoustic instruments, probably because it sounds very relaxed, but the DAC is really good with electronic music.

I've got to do something about that horrible blue led though :o
What, remove it or change for another colour ?
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Chopsaw54 wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 12:46 am Naim CD3 through MF M1DAC suits me fine. I find the CD3 on its own a bit anemic and Les's mods were a bit out of my reach.
Naim cd3 doesnt have a digital out so you must have added your own :clap: :o
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karatestu wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 6:49 am
Quarknosis wrote: Thu May 03, 2018 9:51 pm Yes it's small Stu but it looks much better than I would expect for the price. Not that it's going to be on view of I can help it.

I've been listening to it for a few days now and I like what I hear. It has more detail than my modified vintage CD player which I expected but there's a lot more spatial information coming off CDs which I haven't experienced before with any player or DAC. It seemed to take a while to come on song when first switched on over the first few days but tonight it seemed to get there much quicker. At the moment I think the Philips player has a more natural sound with acoustic instruments, probably because it sounds very relaxed, but the DAC is really good with electronic music.

I've got to do something about that horrible blue led though :o
What, remove it or change for another colour ?
Something simpler than that, cover it with Blutak or sparky's tape. I can see the blue light even with it placed right at the back of the middle shelf of the rack.
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karatestu wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 6:50 am
Chopsaw54 wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 12:46 am Naim CD3 through MF M1DAC suits me fine. I find the CD3 on its own a bit anemic and Les's mods were a bit out of my reach.
Naim cd3 doesnt have a digital out so you must have added your own :clap: :o
I did :geek:

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The links for the SPDIF converter and the linear PSU still work.

The link for the DAC doesn't.

Does anyone have an updated link for the DAC, or for another ultra cheapo DAC that's worth buying?

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There are loads of these offered on AliExpress for peanuts.
Just search for '24bit dac' and you are sure to spot them.


The highly recommended Topping D30 is still available (for now) and costs less than 100 pounds.
Can be upgraded with an LPSU



DO NOT get one of these,
They are crap.

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Topping e30
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Vinyl-ant wrote: Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:19 pm Topping e30
A bargain at the price.
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