| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
I' ve found a good source for TDA1541A (Date code: HBH9636).
If we put together at least 100 pcs., we can have them for approx. 6 EUR/pcs. (+shipping).
We should put the order together in a week maximum, otherwise these chips will be sold out.
Anybody interested?
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Michi124 |
Very nice offer, Bruno.
I'll take eight of them. |
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| roibm |
Need some of those too... Let's say 4 for now, altho I might get some more.
So count me in with a minimum of 4 |
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| diamdiam |
| count me in for 4 |
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| Will |
| I'll take 4 pcs. How do I pay ? |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
well, looks like the interest is quite big :D 29 pcs. so far (plus the ones I' m going to buy for myself, 6 to 8 pcs.)!
I hope we' ll reach the 100 pcs. treshold soon, it would be a pity to miss this opportunity...
Ok, here a couple of info about shipping / payment:
Shipping: to keep the costs low, I was thinking about using the "prioryty" service of the Swiss post, it works well and it won' t break the bank. The chips can be sent as letters (sending them as packets would be much more expensive), and the Price is as follows:
to Europe: up to 100 g CHF 3.60 (approx. 2.35 EUR), up to 250 g CHF 6.20 (approx. 4.00 EUR)
to US: up to 100 g CHF 5.00 (approx. 3.25 EUR), up to 250 g CHF 8.50 (approx. 5.50 EUR).
If the "letter" will become big (thicker than 20mm), there' s a flat rate for a weight up to 500 g: to Europe CHF 13.00 (8.45 EUR), to US CHF 19.00 (12.35 EUR).
As for payments, I can get money transfer (but banking fees are usually quite high) or paypal. In both cases, fees would be at your charge.
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Bump
Nobody else?:( |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
well... looks like the interest in this group buy is not as big as I figured out :(
The problem is, if we do not reach a min. quantity of 100 pcs. by tomorrow, 28th September, the deal I have with this source is gone!
I wouldn' t like to miss out this opportunity, OTOH I can' t buy 100 pcs. and then have 70 of them lying around 'cause they are not sold, I do not need them. If we do not reach this minimum quantity, the group buy will have to be canceled, unfortunately :(
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| till |
| i would take some, but 70 in stock is too much for me as well .... |
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| Will |
| Perhaps it is not the cream de la crop '1541 double crown' standard that's why it doesn't generate enough interest.... |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | | Perhaps it is not the cream de la crop '1541 double crown' standard that's why it doesn't generate enough interest.... |
'Double crown' at 6 EUR/pc.??? :bigeyes:
Well, that would be greeeeeeatttt :D |
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| till |
| Bruno only needs to go and buy a die stamp for crowns, so he could offer them as double, tripel, quadrupel or whatever crowns and safe this group buy.... |
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| brianuk |
I'd take some Bruno, perhaps 4, but it looks like you arent going to get to 100. :xeye:
While we are at it, where can we (if anywhere) get super crowns, price each ? |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | | Bruno only needs to go and buy a die stamp for crowns, so he could offer them as double, tripel, quadrupel or whatever crowns and safe this group buy.... |
Naaahhh... there' s already the Chinese doing that... :D :D :D :D
Seriously speaking, I wouldn' t trust any "double crown" on the market today...
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi brianuk,
| quote: | | While we are at it, where can we (if anywhere) get super crowns, price each ? |
frankly speaking I do not know, I' m not really in this business...
AFAIK, 99% of the "crowned" 1541 for sale today are fakes...
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| tschrama |
| quote: | | AFAIK, 99% of the "crowned" 1541 for sale today are fakes... |
Luckely .. you don't ... know!
And since you don't everybody would be better off if you didn't spread these kind of nonsence rumours...:att'n: |
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| Pedja |
| May it help this group buy if I take 10 pieces? |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | | nonsence rumours... |
Just search through this or other audio forums, and you' ll see that they' re not "nonsense rumours". Of course, there' s also original ones on the market, but I suspect it' s the minority...
After all, a die stamp is quite cheap and the hype about the "crowned" chip is big enough to stimulate the appetite of dishonest sellers...
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | | May it help this group buy if I take 10 pieces? |
Hi Pedja,
well, let' s count... including 10 pcs. for myself, we are at 48 in total... (till, I didn' t count you because you did not say yet how many pcs. you' d be inetrested in)
let' s see, if somebody else will join maybe we will manage it...
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| tubee |
I take 6, but I think by now the offer is not possible anymore, we'll see
tubee
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
ok, I decided to take the risk and ordered anyway 100 pcs., in the hope somebody else will join in the next days...:xeye:
As soon as I will have the order confirmation, I will start pestering all of you who expressed an interest so far.:smash: :smash: :smash:
Today or tomorrow you will all receive an e-mail with payment details, I kindly ask you all to answer this e-mail with your shipping details.
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| AndyN |
| I said I was in for 4, but I'd take 6. Cheers Andy. |
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| slawney |
Saw this thread a little late in the game
Put me in for 4 pieces.
Given time, you will sell all 100 pieces, I think. ;) |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
wheeeew!!! Well, first of all I' m sorry for not coming back to you all before, but I suddenly had to go abroad on a business trip, and I couldn' t access properly the net...:(
So, the situation is as follows:
I have the order confirmation, the price comes out at 6,15 EUR/pc.; the other piece of news (good or bad, I do not really know...) is that, due to the fact that I placed the order a bit late, not all of the TDAs have the same date code as stated (96), as my source already sold many of them; a big part of these TDAs (around 70%) have a '97' date code. I do not think it makes any difference, but I wanted to be completely fair. So, if anyone of you thinks he does not want these parts any more because of the different date code, he is free to withdraw from this group buy, but I need to know it until Monday, 4th October, 8.00 am. This is my deadline for confirming definitely the order (I put the order 'on hold' because of this issue...). Past this deadline, the ones who havent' t explicitely withdrawn (here on the thread or per e-mail), will receive an e-mail with payment instructions from me. If I will receive many withdrawals, I will be obliged to cancel the group buy (please do not consider this as blackmailing, it' s just that I do not want to have 80 TDAs lying around...).
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| till |
| whats the correlation of date code and quality? |
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| Audiofanatic |
| quote: | Originally posted by till
whats the correlation of date code and quality? |
Hi Guy's,
AFAIC not a thing!!!
I've listend to both chips new and older than 96 and the sound was 100% identical.
So I wouldn't hesitate in buying them afterall, and for a few Cents more, you'll still have chips for a great price :D
Just my 2 cents ;)
Audiofanatic ;)
P.S. Maybe the older types are diferent, Jean-Paul knows everything about the TDA1541A and S1 &S2! |
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| Elso Kwak |
| quote: | Originally posted by Audiofanatic
Hi Guy's,
AFAIC not a thing!!!
I've listend to both chips new and older than 96 and the sound was 100% identical.
So I wouldn't hesitate in buying them afterall, and for a few Cents more, you'll still have chips for a great price :D
Just my 2 cents ;)
Audiofanatic ;)
P.S. Maybe the older types are diferent, Jean-Paul knows everything about the TDA1541A and S1 &S2! |
Hi, What's all this hype for this obsolete chip again? ;)
It sounds like inserting a 10mH coil in series with the squawker of my Klipschorn. Yes not agressive but no bite at all.
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| Audiofanatic |
| quote: | Originally posted by Elso Kwak
Hi, What's all this hype for this obsolete chip again? ;)
It sounds like inserting a 10mH coil in series with the squawker of my Klipschorn. Yes not agressive but no bite at all.
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Hi Elso,
How nice to hear from you ;)
IIRC, this is not your preferd DAC, but with a tube folowing it, it sounds really pleasant.
All the best.
Audiofanatic ;) |
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| Elso Kwak |
| quote: | Originally posted by Audiofanatic
Hi Elso,
How nice to hear from you ;)
IIRC, this is not your preferd DAC, but with a tube folowing it, it sounds really pleasant.
All the best.
Audiofanatic ;) |
A TUBE????????????:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:That will make matters (sound) worse. |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
| quote: | Till wrote:
whats the correlation of date code and quality? |
AFAIK, there' s no difference at all. Being both 'A' chips, they should anyway have the same characteristics.
| quote: | Elso Kwak wrote:
Hi, What's all this hype for this obsolete chip again?
It sounds like inserting a 10mH coil in series with the squawker of my Klipschorn. Yes not agressive but no bite at all.
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Elso, I respect your opinion, but this thread is NOT about "TDA1541 vs. other chips". Your post sounds OT to me...
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Elso Kwak |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
Hi all,
Elso, I respect your opinion, but this thread is NOT about "TDA1541 vs. other chips". Your post sounds OT to me...
Cheers,
Bruno |
Hi Bruno, Yes it is but I could not resist....
Remember the Crodino commercial!
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| Carondimonio |
Crodino????:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Sorry, I' d never even dare to think about drinking that chemical stuff!:dead:
But I see our tastes are different... ;)
Cheers,
Bruno
P.S.: OK, enough with OT stuff... |
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| audio1nut |
| I have 10 pices NOS of TDA1541A for sale $12 each shipping is $3 worldwide. If buy more than 1 piece please add $1 additonal shipping for each chip. |
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| till |
€6,15 is less then $12 . I guess you are in the wrong thread...
wth is Crodino ??? (sorry, no TV here, no commercials) |
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| Elso Kwak |
| quote: | Originally posted by till
€6,15 is less then $12 . I guess you are in the wrong thread...
wth is Crodino ??? (sorry, no TV here, no commercials) |
Crodino is some kind of "Italian" non-alcoholic drink but with "bite".
http://www.cinzano.com/showroom/crodino.asp
I never tried to taste it.
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| Carondimonio |
Hi audio1nut,
| quote: | audio1nut wrote:
I have 10 pices NOS of TDA1541A for sale $12 each shipping is $3 worldwide. If buy more than 1 piece please add $1 additonal shipping for each chip. |
Why don' t you open your own thread instead of hijacking this one?
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| reverber |
Please put me down for four.
I need some winter projects to keep me out of trouble ;)
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| tubee |
Hello All
I dont think we have to worry about the quality of chips.
I listened years to a CD640 with a standard 1541(no A or As1) code 8701
When sudden the 1541 broke(a litlle too enhousistic modify-handling) I changed the 1541 in one with productioncode 8645, taken from an older 660
What was that, metal like midband and harsh sound? I couldnt believe it but it had to be from other (older) production, there wasn't changed anything else. So the production from the first 1541's I think was not the best (In my experience)
I red also(do'nt know where), someone else had sort of experience with 1541.
These group buy 1541A's are a newer ones, so I believe in all those years they must have the production "in hands"
And TDA 1541A for this price is not bad at all!
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JW(Tubee) |
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| roibm |
| Any idea when you will receive this chips? |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi roibm,
as I said, I put the order "on hold" until tomorrow morning, because of this date code issue which I wanted to discuss with you all.
Until now nobody stepped back from the group buy, so tomorrow morning I will definitely confirm the order, and the chips should be at my place at the end of next week.
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| roibm |
Fairness. I like that.
Thanks :) |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
This morning I confirmed the order for the chips :D
I should get them by the end of the week, in the meanwhile I will start pestering you with my e-mails, begging for your cash :D
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
AndyN, Brianuk, Tubee: pls. send me a message through the forum, as I cannot contact you...
Thanks a lot
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| bpetrus |
If it's not too late ... please count me in for 4 pieces.
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| Carondimonio |
Hi bpetrus,
you are not too late... :D
Please send me an e-mail, so I can contact you for details
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| AndyN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
AndyN: pls. send me a message through the forum, as I cannot contact you...
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Replied via forum tools w/ contact info. Cheers, Andy |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
the chips will arrive at my place on Friday, and during the weekend I will ship them to all of you who have sent me the money.
I would like to finalise the whole thing during the weekend, also because next week I' ll be away on a business trip.
Many of you didn' t reply to my messages yet, and someone replied just to cancel his order...:( well, a bit disappointing, especially because I actually already paid for all those chips, but that' s life...
Ok, I will send another message to the ones who did not reply yet, please do not take an offence on that, I do not mean to be pushy, but I really would love to finalise the whole thing as soon as possible!
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| brianuk |
Its ok to be a bit pushy!!
Looking forward to mine thanks.
And im sure before long you will sell them all easily anyway (besides keeping about 10 for yourself!)
Thanks,
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| Carondimonio |
Brian, you' re among the first ones to get those chips :D
And yes, I' m planning to keep 8 to 10 for myself, but I wouldn' t really like to have 50 or 60 of those chips laying around...:dead:
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
The chips are here!!!
Unfortunately, I was not at home when the mailman came, so I' ll have to pick up them at the post office on Monday!:bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling: :bawling:
Luckily, I' m leaving for my business trip on Tuesday, so I will be able to finalise the shipment to you all before I leave...
Some of you didn' t reply yet to my e-mails, so I kindly ask them to do it as soon as possible!
Another thing: I believe many of you are interested, as well as I am, in trying different converters; my source told me he has 100 pcs. TDA1543 for 1.10 EUR each (but we have to buy them all to get this price), as well as a certain amount (approx. 20 pcs.) of NOS TDA1541A (date code 86 and 87), for a slightly higher price (8 EUR/pc. if we buy them all). Anybody interested??
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi till,
oops... you' re right!!!
Thanks for the info!
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
just a short note before I leave...
Yesterday I was at the post, and I had a bit of mess, because my source sent me the parts as "parts without value" but then insured the shipment for 600 EUR!!:(
Of course, the customs were not that happy, so I had to fill out a declaration at the post office, stating that these things are for my personal use, blah, blah... To cut a long story short, the package should be released today:redhot:
Well, in a couple of hours I' m going to leave for my trip, but my wife will pick up the box and send the TDAs to all of you, so the delay won' t be that big...
I apologise for this inconvenient to you all.
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Carondimonio |
Oops, forgot this:
Some of the participants to the group buy disappeared and never replied to my mails. Now, although I do not like it very much, I also understand that somebody can change his/her mind. In short, I will wait for an answer from these member until the end of this week (17th October), then I will assume they are not interested in these parts any more and I will feel free to resell them to other members who may be interested.
Thanks,
Bruno |
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| Andypairo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
Oops, forgot this:
Some of the participants to the group buy disappeared and never replied to my mails. Now, although I do not like it very much, I also understand that somebody can change his/her mind. In short, I will wait for an answer from these member until the end of this week (17th October), then I will assume they are not interested in these parts any more and I will feel free to resell them to other members who may be interested.
Thanks,
Bruno |
If you have some in excess may I propose a trade with the CS8414 chips I'm going to buy with a 1:1 ratio?
I'd gladly exchange from 2 to 4 chips....
Cheers
Andrea |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
:D :D :D all your chips are on the way!!!:D :D :D
I apologise once again for all these delays, looks like Mr. Murphy has been working hard on this group buy...
A side note: the actual postage was in many cases lower than what I' ve charged you for... miscalculation on my side:cannotbe:
The difference is not that big (we' re talking about 1.50 EUR per person, on the average), nevertheless I do not want to keep this money, so I guess there are two ways out:
1. The ones who want their money back can just drop me a line, and I will immediately devolve the money back through paypal (or whichever other mean you would like).
2. We can arrange a group donation to the forum.
Please let me know...
Another thing: I would like to remind to the ones who never replied to my mails, that I will keep their chips aside until tomorrow, than I will assume they' re not interested any more.
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Audiofanatic |
| quote: | | 2. We can arrange a group donation to the forum. |
Hi,
That's exactly what I thought.
Cheers,
Audiofanatic ;)
P.S. ooops, I didn't order any....................
will do in a few day's ;) |
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| AndyN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
A side note: the actual postage was in many cases lower than what I' ve charged you for... |
Any surplus in my name is yours to use as you wish, Bruno. Thanks for arranging the group buy! -A |
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| roibm |
| If anything left form my order, then 2. |
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| roibm |
The chips are here. Very good packing btw :)
Thank you! |
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| tubee |
I received the 6 TDA's today, 2 of one production and 4 of the other, just wat I had in mind! Now I have work to do, make PCB's and more.....
thanks Bruno for all the work
JW ;) |
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| tubee |
Forgot to say: the surplus will be a good donation for this site.
greet: JW ;) |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
I' m glad this thing is working out :D and you' re all getting your chips!
BTW, so far all pwoplw who got back to me agrred on the group donation, so I will wait a couple of days more just to collect some more opinions and then I will proceed with it, I think this great forum must be helped!
[Italian salesman mode on]:D
If any late bird is interested, I still have a couple of chips extra laying around!
[Italian salesman mode off]
Ok, sorry for this commecial break...:D
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| roibm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
[Italian salesman mode on]:D
If any late bird is interested, I still have a couple of chips extra laying around!
[Italian salesman mode off] |
Sta Migna! Inglese? :angel: |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | Originally posted by roibm
Sta Migna! Inglese? :angel: |
:D Pure Italian here!! (although living in Switzerland for 11 years now..):D |
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| roibm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
(although living in Switzerland for 11 years now..):D |
That must(still) be painful :D |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | Originally posted by roibm
That must(still) be painful :D |
Naahhh... Bern is a beautiful place!
And, anyway, I spend more than half of my time on business trips abroad :D :D |
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| brianuk |
Got mine thanks Bruno!
Whats the difference between the two types ?
Yes any spare money (besides a beer for you) can go to diyaudio.
Thanks!!!:D |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi Brian,
I' m glad you got them!
BTW, the only difference is the manufacture year ('96 for the HBH96... and '97 for the JSS97..).
Maybe when I' ll be in Britain next time (I was in Oxford last Monday) we could go for a :drink: together!!!
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| brianuk |
Thanks for that Bruno, Yes a beer would be ok but you'll need to go about 450 miles north and about 5C colder!
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | Originally posted by brianuk
Thanks for that Bruno, Yes a beer would be ok but you'll need to go about 450 miles north and about 5C colder!
:dead: |
Well, a couple of years ago I was in Siberia in deep winter :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes:, so 5°C colder than here aren' t such a big deal...:D
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| roibm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
Well, a couple of years ago I was in Siberia in deep winter :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes: :bigeyes:, so 5°C colder than here aren' t such a big deal...:D |
Never underestimade humidity... I met people from siberia who said romania had colder days in the winter... |
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| Carondimonio |
| quote: | Originally posted by roibm
Never underestimade humidity... I met people from siberia who said romania had colder days in the winter... |
Yes, I know...
I remember certain winters in Bucharest... ;)
When I was in Siberia (Krasnoyarsk), the humidity was also very high, because the water of the Jenisey river is used to cool a local, big energy plant and its temperature never falls below 0°C, so you can imagine what happens when the air temperature is 40°C below zero... humidity, fog and a thick ice crust! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
My problem is, I work in the field of traffic safety in winter, so I have a very personal, deep knowledge of darn cold, humid places...:dead: |
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| Andypairo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
Hi all,
I' m glad this thing is working out :D and you' re all getting your chips!
BTW, so far all pwoplw who got back to me agrred on the group donation, so I will wait a couple of days more just to collect some more opinions and then I will proceed with it, I think this great forum must be helped!
[Italian salesman mode on]:D
If any late bird is interested, I still have a couple of chips extra laying around!
[Italian salesman mode off]
Ok, sorry for this commecial break...:D
Cheers,
Bruno |
[Italian trader mode on]
Hello again Bruno (o meglio ciao... ;) ), if you are into tubes I have just acquired some NOS Mullard E88cc's that I'd gladly trade with the extra chips
[Italian trader mode never turns off :clown: ]
Cheers
Andrea |
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| Carondimonio |
Ciao Andrea,
hmmm... your proposal is seducing...
The point is, I got some other requests via e-mail, and I will still wait a couple of days for the confirmation... If these people won' t get back to me, I guess we can make the deal:D
(another project... my wife will :smash: :smash: :smash: me...)
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| Andypairo |
Ok, will wait for good news ;)
Cheers
Andrea |
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| Carondimonio |
| yes, a few... |
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| Luke |
| may I have 6 please or is there a wiki? |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
well, looks like many of you already got the chips :D
I would just ask all of you a favor: to let me know if/when you got them, and also your thought about the group donation... so far the response has been totally in favour of it, but still I' m missing the opinion of approx. half of the participants to the group buy.
So, please, drop me a line (here or by mail).
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| brianuk |
Bruno,
How much will be donated in total ?
Thanks,
Brian. |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi brian,
we should be around 25-30 EUR in total, I did not make an exact calculation yet, because I miss the feedback from several people...
Cheers,
Bruno
P.S.: Of course, there will be a contribution on my side also... otherwise we won' t be a group :D |
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| brianuk |
Well I think you deserve to not donate Bruno.
Anyway yes in that case its fine by me. |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi all,
well, so far it seems everything went well :D
I' ve received a feedback from most of you, confirming the reception of the chips, and it seems everybody so far agrees on the donation.
Tomorrow I will proceed with it.
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| till |
| thats your chance to choose a nice customized title |
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| Carondimonio |
Hi till,
well, actually all of you who participated in this group buy should have the right to choose a nice customised title... maybe we can ask the mods if it' s possible?
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| phs |
Hi Bruno,
chips came today, really fast! thanks for the service :)
Paul |
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| Andypairo |
| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
Ciao Andrea,
hmmm... your proposal is seducing...
The point is, I got some other requests via e-mail, and I will still wait a couple of days for the confirmation... If these people won' t get back to me, I guess we can make the deal:D
(another project... my wife will :smash: :smash: :smash: me...)
Cheers,
Bruno |
Any news Bruno?
Ciao
Andrea |
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I got my chips yesterday.
Nicely packaged. This should keep me busy this winter;).
Cody
PS- Please feel free to donate surplus from my purchase to diyAudio. |
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Hi all,
here a short update:
After having some trouble with my paypal account, I finally was able to make the donation to Diyaudio, in the name of all the participants to this group buy.
I still have a few of extra chips laying around so, if anybody is interested... drop me a line!:D
I also decided to buy those NOS 1541A (date code 87/88), because I wanted to have some for myself and to compare them with the newer ones. After some long, arabian market - style negotiations I was able to get them for 7.50 EUR/pc. instead of 8, but I had to buy them all, so I will have around 10 -12 of them extra. Anybody interested?
Cheers,
Bruno |
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| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
After some long, arabian market - style negotiations I was able to get them for 7.50 EUR/pc. instead of 8, but I had to buy them all, so I will have around 10 -12 of them extra. Anybody interested?
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Do your comparison, come back here, and honestly tell us if you can tell between them.
Count me in for one anyway ;) |
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I' ll do the comparison as soon as I will have them, I will place them (both the new and the older ones) into my old, faithful CD304MKII and will listen to it...
Frankly speaking, at the moment I' m not expecting much of a difference, but who knows? |
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| quote: | Originally posted by Carondimonio
Frankly speaking, at the moment I' m not expecting much of a difference, but who knows? |
I'm expecting no difference at all, but I buy to hear it myself. If really no difference, there is always ebay ;) |
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Hi all!
Well, lately I did not have much time for the follow-ups of this and the other group buys, as my wife had to undergo a small surgical intervention, so I was busy with other matters...
Nevertheless, there' s some news: a few days ago i got the NOS 1541A (date code 87/88) so, if anybody is interested...:D :D :D
I didn' t have much time yet to thoroughly compare the two versions (older and newer ones); I did just a quick comparison and, so far, the 87/88 ones seem to me at least as good as the newer ones. More to follow...
Cheers,
Bruno
P.S.: I also ordered a batch of PCM56P (J and K versions), as it is my intention to experiment with several different DACs. I will have some extra for sure, and I think I will put them in the trading forum... |
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| roibm |
| As I said, I need one(or two? hmmm... need to check my paypal again ;) ) |
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Hi all,
as the group buy is now closed and I' m still left with some TDAs, I opened a new thread in the Trading Post forum:
TDA1541A for sale
Cheers,
Bruno |
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Did all of you build DACs with the chips now? Any new designs? Anyone had positive experience with the HtP signal conditioning? for me it only added noise...
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/show...1780&highlight=
My 1541s are playing now, dual DACs balanced, with data line inverter formed with BS250 + BS170, D1 output stage. |
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