Not being a believer that time necessarily = progress, I would like to offer the following example of a sonic gem that has transcended time and can totally kick butt in a modern milieu:
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I never wasa believer in idea:
The New = The Superiior.
The latest DAC craze has not interested me in the least.
I have a cayin CD17 takes a pair of 6922 tubes have some Mundorf Silver EVO caps in front and exit, if the buyer installs some high tech chinese opamps which I added to my Jadis JS2 Mark2, and you will have 1st Class high fidelity which few modern DAC's will match.
Why?
1) Mundorf cpas
2) 6922 tube circuit
3) new super high tech 6 single OPamps.
I just tested w/o the chinese super tech ops and it sounds near the Shanling cd3000 as cd drive + jadis JS2 Mark 2 DAC with Mundorf/4 chinese ops, 2 superr tech, the other 2 I will replace with Super High Tech. I bought a pair for testing and IMMEDIAETLY ordereda 2nd set.
This Cayin CD17 is going on 20 yrs old, and plays perfect, built like a tank, to last forever.
So yes, new does not interest me in the least.
Upgrading older units with new tech tweaks (Caps/opamps), is the way to go for Super High Fidelity. The Cayin with 6 new chinese high tech ops will out shoot any new high tech DAC's going at $5g's.
Opamps really is the heart of a cd player. Less the chips.
I will list it later this week. .
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I never wasa believer in idea:
The New = The Superiior.
The latest DAC craze has not interested me in the least.
I have a cayin CD17 takes a pair of 6922 tubes have some Mundorf Silver EVO caps in front and exit, if the buyer installs some high tech chinese opamps which I added to my Jadis JS2 Mark2, and you will have 1st Class high fidelity which few modern DAC's will match.
Why?
1) Mundorf cpas
2) 6922 tube circuit
3) new super high tech 6 single OPamps.
I just tested w/o the chinese super tech ops and it sounds near the Shanling cd3000 as cd drive + jadis JS2 Mark 2 DAC with Mundorf/4 chinese ops, 2 superr tech, the other 2 I will replace with Super High Tech. I bought a pair for testing and IMMEDIAETLY ordereda 2nd set.
This Cayin CD17 is going on 20 yrs old, and plays perfect, built like a tank, to last forever.
So yes, new does not interest me in the least.
Upgrading older units with new tech tweaks (Caps/opamps), is the way to go for Super High Fidelity. The Cayin with 6 new chinese high tech ops will out shoot any new high tech DAC's going at $5g's.
Opamps really is the heart of a cd player. Less the chips.
I will list it later this week. .