Finally, an affordable CD Transport: the Shigaclone story

[uncle_leon]

Andrew, you live in UK, so why don't you simply buy one on amazon.co.uk? It's going to be £49.99, not £29.99, but hey - seeing as the resulting CD player will easily trade blows with £2000-£10000 commercial transports, 20 quid is not such a big deal in the grand scheme of things...

[AndrewGM]

I agree with all that....
It was just one of those @%$£&** moments - wish I hadn't posted now !!

Well, at least I've introduced myself -

Andrew

[uncle_leon]

Hey, don't worry and welcome

You can probably build a very decent Shiga in under a £100 total, even after spending £50 on the boombox. If you use the stock trafo (which is actually ok), all you need is four MSR860 diodes, an LM7808, and three audio-grade capacitors of choice. And some suitably rigid enclosure. This will easily mop the floor with your Marantz

[Magura456]

Originally Posted by Pocoyo

Hi Magura

did you compare the original crystal with trichord no 4 before ?
what is your summary

Hi,

The trichord no.4 is for me a lot better than the original crystal.
It was for me a blind buy, but it suprised me
Quieter background, better detail seperation, more swing

Just give it a try

[syklab]

Originally Posted by Peter Daniel

This is how mechanism is mounted

Hi Peter,

How do you make the clamp/puck you have in the picture? Are you using any original parts from the EZ31?

[uncle_leon]

Originally Posted by Magura456

Hi,

The trichord no.4 is for me a lot better than the original crystal.
It was for me a blind buy, but it suprised me
Quieter background, better detail seperation, more swing

Just give it a try

I wanted to give it a try, but the price scared me off... I can understand spending £10 or £20 on an "audiophile" part. But that clock is £150, and you still need a separate power supply for it... That's about as much as my entire Shiga cost me, including Black Gates and case materials...

[Pocoyo]

Originally Posted by Magura456

Hi,

The trichord no.4 is for me a lot better than the original crystal.
It was for me a blind buy, but it suprised me
Quieter background, better detail seperation, more swing

Just give it a try

Ohhhhh

[Pocoyo]

Btw Thank you Magura, i will make output clock first
trichord will be the next project for shiga

Is this the right schematic 74act & 74ast ?

Regards

[uncle_leon]

Forgive me if it's a stupid question, but is it very difficult to build one's own discrete clock? It just occurred to me that maybe someone came up with a DIY clock design that beats commercial stuff the way Shigaclone and Gainclone do...?

[c12mech]

Originally Posted by uncle_leon

Forgive me if it's a stupid question, but is it very difficult to build one's own discrete clock? It just occurred to me that maybe someone came up with a DIY clock design that beats commercial stuff the way Shigaclone and Gainclone do...?

I was wondering the same thing. The picture above does not look like it would be a complicated thing to make.

I'm now looking for the best dac to go with this project. The 2 that I currently have are both usb dacs so neither will work. I thought of modding the one that uses a PCM1794 but am not sure how to go about it yet. I'm still studying the data sheets fro that chip. It has a data in pin that is being fed by the PCM2707 and I was thinking of just tapping in there with the SPDIF in but I'm still learning about the whole digital music thing.

I like the looks of Peter's dac and the price for the kit is about right in my ballpark. Any other diy suggestions. I would like the option of balanced out also.