Hi,
My first post here. I've been mildly audiophile for many years, and have done minor electronic tweaking (output stages, caps, power supplies) in the past but remain pretty clueless about the digital world.
My system (a few years old...)
-Micromega stage 2 cd player
-Audiolab 8000P+C amps
-PSB stratus silver speakers
The Micromega is either leaving or getting updated. Mine has always worked flawlessly, so I must have been among the lucky few.
Possible updates are:
-Tentlabs or D-clock (
www.newclassd.com) clock, with dedicated power supply
-separate power supply for analogue section (transformer, caps and regulators, like the Tentlabs shunt regulator)
-new opamps (NE5534N originally)
Any feedback/suggestions on these? Will it improve the sound, or should I go for an other player? Rather like the sound though...
One possible show stopper: Several references online suggest the stage 2 is equipped with saa7321 converter, which appears to be of rather nice quality. I opened mine, however, and underneath the mother board i found 2x TDA1305T, as I understand a budget DAC found in Cambridge DACMagic and others.
Question remains then, how much further can I go, sonically, with this converter?
Any feedback/hints/suggestions are most appreciated!
Cheers!