Finally, an affordable CD Transport: the Shigaclone story

[c12mech]

Those look nice. Any word on what the price is going to be for those of us signed up for them? I'm looking forward to putting this one together for sure.

[tvicol]

Originally Posted by c12mech

Those look nice. Any word on what the price is going to be for those of us signed up for them? I'm looking forward to putting this one together for sure.

These are prototype boards and cost us a lot.
When the boards are populated and the project tested, we are going to negotiate final order with PCB factory. Till then I can not give any price.

Regards,
Tibi

[CeeVee]

Originally Posted by tvicol

Prototype boards are ready. :-)

Regards,
Tibi

Ohhhh sexy !

[uncle_leon]

Originally Posted by tvicol

Prototype boards are ready. :-)

Regards,
Tibi

Sweet!

[TheGimp]

Very nice indeed!

[woodturner-fran]

Originally Posted by BTW

Hi Fran,

Just to feedback... Thank you very much sharing the Precision Attenuators approach.. I tried it ... yes much better than using resistors alone.. as you can easily dial in and optimise the sound... I ended up with a total of 30db attenuation..

BTW - sorry for not being back here sooner. That's exactly what I heard - and I think the 2 of us are the only people to have tried it out here. Well done!!


tvicol: well done on the boards! when you build one, have you got an original shiga to compare?


Fran

[uncle_leon]

Originally Posted by woodturner-fran

BTW - sorry for not being back here sooner. That's exactly what I heard - and I think the 2 of us are the only people to have tried it out here. Well done!!


tvicol: well done on the boards! when you build one, have you got an original shiga to compare?


Fran

I have tried your attenuator too now. I have not finished my tests yet, but I am already convinced that it is better than all the commercial resistor combinations I have tried thus far. The degree of the difference surprised me too - ordinarily, one would have to strain and focus to be able to tell, say an Audio Note's Tantalum from a Kiwame: both rather grainy, and only separated by Kiwame's slight warmth. In the case of the attenuator, the difference is plainly obvious - an across-the-board improvement. Especially, the wide soundstage, great dynamics and instrument separation is very noticeable.

However, the most important comparison (to me at least) I put off till the end - will my own hand-made resistors emerge victorious again? I have my initial impressions already, and I feel I know the answer, but I need to do further listening to make sure I'm not being biased.

At any rate - great find Fran, this attenuator is indeed excellent!

[Jean-Charles]

Originally Posted by uncle_leon

I have tried your attenuator too now. I have not finished my tests yet, but I am already convinced that it is better than all the commercial resistor combinations I have tried thus far. The degree of the difference surprised me too - ordinarily, one would have to strain and focus to be able to tell, say an Audio Note's Tantalum from a Kiwame: both rather grainy, and only separated by Kiwame's slight warmth. In the case of the attenuator, the difference is plainly obvious - an across-the-board improvement. Especially, the wide soundstage, great dynamics and instrument separation is very noticeable.

However, the most important comparison (to me at least) I put off till the end - will my own hand-made resistors emerge victorious again? I have my initial impressions already, and I feel I know the answer, but I need to do further listening to make sure I'm not being biased.

At any rate - great find Fran, this attenuator is indeed excellent!

Fran, BTW, uncle_leon,
I would appreciate you guide me towards posts or thread, to read more about what you three have done with the attenuators.

[syklab]

Hi uncle-leon,
I don't get it, isn't the attenuators are also resistors network?

[tvicol]

Originally Posted by woodturner-fran

...

tvicol: well done on the boards! when you build one, have you got an original shiga to compare?


Fran

Yes, we have an original shiga for final comparison. :-)

Regards,
Tibi