Shigaclone MKII Black - The builders Thread

[iTiberius]

hi Tibi,

Is the quantum transport a shigaclone in an enclosure or is it a totally different design? please elaborate if you can. im greatly interested.

Quantum is a CD transport with anti-resonant enclosure - over 10Kg - aluminium and wood. Inside is a Shiga MKII high-grade Level2 or Level3.
First 20 units will be custom made - unicates - with special engraving.

We just finished second prototype enclosure and we are ready for the third and last one.
In Jan 2016 first unit will be ready and I'll post many pictures and some measurements.

Regards,
Tibi

 

[comickitkit]

Thanks reply, it is much fun to play both of them.

Hi,

You can go s/pdif directly to Soekris Dac.
Metronome ASRC will do what his name says. Will take I2S data, asynchronous resample and put out again I2S. In some cases may "help" to sound different, but here you have Shiga and Soekris. Trust me, you don't want an ASRC between them.

Regards,
Tibi

 

[tubo]

Quantum is a CD transport with anti-resonant enclosure - over 10Kg - aluminium and wood. Inside is a Shiga MKII high-grade Level2 or Level3.
First 20 units will be custom made - unicates - with special engraving.

We just finished second prototype enclosure and we are ready for the third and last one.
In Jan 2016 first unit will be ready and I'll post many pictures and some measurements.

Regards,
Tibi

thanks Tibi

 

[tubo]

hi guys,

im thinking of upgrading to the dexa neutron clock. to those that are using this clock, can you please tell me how it improved the sound. im currently using a tentlabs xo.

 

[iTiberius]

Looking for a brushless motor

I was looking for a motor brushless motor replacement on SFP-101N.

As CEC TL-XX units make use of exactly same Sanyo mechanism, but modified for belt transmission, I was curios to see which motors are they using. I end up to this page CEC TL-1X
It is highly disappointing to see that they just encapsulated same Mabuchi motors ...

I have attached Mabuchi RF-310TA datasheet. Can someone indicate me a brushless motor with similar specs ?

Regards,
Tibi

 

[Robert Poublon]

Powering Leds via Shiga PSU

Dear Tibi,
First of all, Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2016.

I would like to light up a perpex plate that holds all components of the Shiga MKII. Can I additionately power one or two led lights using the Shiga MKII PSU? If so, which leds would you advise me to use.

Regards,
Robert

 

[iTiberius]

Merry Christmas to all audio passionates !

Robert, any led you like it may be used. Personally I would use several led's series or parallel connected and power them in ac directly at trafo secondary. This way I'll not add extra load to power supply regulator.
Depending on led colour and type you have to calculate ballast resistors.

Regards,
Tibi

 

[HpW]

Inside is a Shiga MKII high-grade Level2 or Level3.
First 20 units will be custom made - unicates - with special engraving.

Just a question about the digital SPDIF output:

- From where is this driven? Direct from your LSI decoder/logic or?

- Reference clock: Does this feeds the LSI decoder/logic only?


Hp

 

[iTiberius]

Hp,

S/PDIF is driven directly from DSP chip LC78601.
Reference clock feeds DSP LC78601 and divided by 4 feeds ASP chip LA9242 as well. There is option to slave/master from/to an external DAC.

Regards,
Tibi

 

[HpW]

S/PDIF is driven directly from DSP chip LC78601.
Reference clock feeds DSP LC78601 and divided by 4 feeds ASP chip LA9242 as well. There is option to slave/master from/to an external DAC.

Well, IMHO the jitter induced by the LSI should be isolated. This could be done in a simple way: Just use a FF / Latch clocked by the master clock.. and only if the output spdif edges are stable ...

as I have seen the masterclock is 16.934 Mhz a 1.5 * 256 multiple of 44.1khz

Cheers

Hp

 

[iTiberius]

Hp,

Thank you for your opinion and advice.

We have spikes now !

Regards,
Tibi

 

[iTiberius]

Some files you may need to make your own remote enclosure.
Extract zip file and open source files with FreeCad.
You can 3d print or cnc the enclosure.

Regards,
Tibi

 

[iTiberius]

Zip file exceed forum limit. Had to split in two rar files. Delete .zip extension and extract files from rar archive.

Regards,
Tibi

 

[comickitkit]

Thanks Tibi,

I think there are people who also need a metal case for the remote control for Shiga. As I am living in Hong Kong and easily find factory for the metal CNC up to BS standard.
I think it is around 20 US dollars per one not including import tax and shipment.
If there are 20 people needs, then I can organize a group buy for it

Thanks

 

[angcl]

Thanks Tibi,

I think there are people who also need a metal case for the remote control for Shiga. As I am living in Hong Kong and easily find factory for the metal CNC up to BS standard.
I think it is around 20 US dollars per one not including import tax and shipment.
If there are 20 people needs, then I can organize a group buy for it

Thanks

+1 for me.

 

[tubo]

+2 for me

 

[Guarnera]

I'd like one also.

 

[comickitkit]

I have gave information to manufacturer for quotation. Minimum quantity is 10. They will get back to me shall be next week.
Including myself, now there are 5 people interested

 

[jims]

Me too

 

[Fabian85]

I am in too.