Thiel Owners

tomthiel

Excellent advice as above. Oppo, PS Audio or separate Transport  / DAC are the choices per your System requirements.  Oppo and PS Audio offer excellent customer service (repair) as well.

Happy Listening!

tomthiel

2nd Note;

what became of your Sony ES SCD-1 ?

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Thanks, guys. I suppose I hoped that I had missed a simple, digital-only spinner that cost less due to absence of D-A conversion. Semi-portable would be nice to pair with a PS Sprout 100, etc. But, I guess optical discs diminished before separate DATS got rolling.

jafant - That SCD-1 in on the shelf awaiting the right opportunity to set it up.

That was Thiel's unit that I took to Bill Thalmann two years ago. He failed to salvage the SACD side, and he said the CD side had been well hot-rodded. I picked it up last Thanksgiving, which is after I lost my studio space. I'll put it in service this fall.

But that doesn't address my desire to have something to tickle the ears of musicians and other non-audiophiles for better than expected playback at an affordable price. An old skinflint can't be cured, I guess.

tomthiel

Thank You for the update. Do you recall whom hot rodded the SCD-1 ? 
The 2000’s decade was prime time for CD and SACD players and the experts who modded. Players SCD-1 and SCD 777 were at the Top of the Class.

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