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Cartman,
Be wary, this looks like a fake to me, double crown is S2. Not even convinced it's an S1 either. The S1 and the crowns look whiter than the other text and the lower crown looks different to the upper one. At best I'd say it's an S1 where someone has etched a second crown !
Jon
Be wary, this looks like a fake to me, double crown is S2. Not even convinced it's an S1 either. The S1 and the crowns look whiter than the other text and the lower crown looks different to the upper one. At best I'd say it's an S1 where someone has etched a second crown !
Jon
The seller's answer for my question about the authenticity:
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Item: TDA1541A Twin Crown, Marantz, DAC Upgrade, RARE (5875116089)
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Hi Chris
Sorry, no this is a genuine item. I used to work for Marantz here in the UK. Ken Ishiwata handed me these personally.
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Hi Chris
Sorry, no this is a genuine item. I used to work for Marantz here in the UK. Ken Ishiwata handed me these personally.
Regards
Hi,
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=580384#post580384
Data codes ?
Selected S1's or batch of doctored tda1541a's ?
These are not the S2's marantz used!
I'm sure they used the 1997 production run probably with improved internals!
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=580384#post580384
Data codes ?
Selected S1's or batch of doctored tda1541a's ?
These are not the S2's marantz used!
I'm sure they used the 1997 production run probably with improved internals!
Stop Immediatley?
Sure, easy for you to say, since its not YOUR money.
Where there's money to be made, you will always find fakes. And most will never know of their fake purchase until its too late. Yet others will never admit to making the mistake of purchasing a fake.
If it sounds too good to be true, run I say.
Sure, easy for you to say, since its not YOUR money.
Where there's money to be made, you will always find fakes. And most will never know of their fake purchase until its too late. Yet others will never admit to making the mistake of purchasing a fake.
If it sounds too good to be true, run I say.
Cartman stop it ... you can not know wheater it is a fake or not. .. Fact is that never ever has anyone proven that fake TDA1541s excist.
It has a double crown.. the seller doesn't clame that it's a S2 version.. just a double crown. And the crowns look genuin.. and I know that, because I used to sell these chips all over the world directly from Philips Eindhoven NOS in The Netherlands.
Does it have S1 specs or S2 specs ... we don't know and I bet the seller doesn't know either. So spec-wise he might be wrong in saying that it's the same as the Marantz CD7, marking-wise .. he's wrong and right.. as these chips do have 2 crowns
It has a double crown.. the seller doesn't clame that it's a S2 version.. just a double crown. And the crowns look genuin.. and I know that, because I used to sell these chips all over the world directly from Philips Eindhoven NOS in The Netherlands.
Does it have S1 specs or S2 specs ... we don't know and I bet the seller doesn't know either. So spec-wise he might be wrong in saying that it's the same as the Marantz CD7, marking-wise .. he's wrong and right.. as these chips do have 2 crowns
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