I have two original JVC displays, backlit orange. So you are saying that they will fit Vicol Aydio's PCB?
They have to fit electrically - it's the main chip that manages display and it's the same in both the boombox and the Vicol remakes. I can't remember whether the ribbon cable was also the same but I'm pretty sure it was compatible too.
I did the same thing. I bought a Sanyo MCD-ZX201F for $15. Installed in the case of the NAD C520.
Additional clock and pickup control relay (open-close).
It looks rough inside, but the sound is great!
Additional clock and pickup control relay (open-close).
It looks rough inside, but the sound is great!
Exactly. And playing the same data on a computer or media player, or smart phone, includes a display of tag data including the track name and artist, album cover art, etc. You can create a playlist of the tracks you like from an assortment of albums with no need to fiddle with disks or worry about scratching them. Today, SSDs or thumb drives are silent and cheap and large enough to save your entire music library, uncompressed if you like. The problem today is the lack of quality new musicians and their works. Some CD's carry a small video (Jewel, David Gray ...), which CD players cannot play.
I hope you have some very solid data to back up this rather bold assertion.
In my and multiple others' experience the CD mechanism (and transports in general) matter enormously. Literally the number of bolts that you use to mount the mech affects the sound in a very obvious way. Not to mention the mech power supply and a multitude of other factors, all of which can be clearly heard in the resulting sound. So please explain to me how Peter Daniel (the Shigaclone project initiator), Tiberu Vicol (the author of Shiga MK2) and countless other legends of this thread are all either deaf or schizophrenic.
I think you may be laboring under the assumption that all digital data is somehow homogenic and perfect. While missing the fact that "digital" is an abstract and everything digital that exists in the real world has to be represented by fully analogue phenomena. Which are largely governed by the same laws as everything else in audio, just operating at higher frequency ranges.
Shigaclone… ih what a journey… started from boombox version to Tibis MK1 and finally MK2 which hangs on my original (but strongly modified Soekris DAM1021 DAC). Although in times of streaming I always get back to poorly mastered CDs… like Oasis / Blur from the mid to late 90s. Britpop war of loudness.
I took my combo to many places and nearly every time it beat transports far more expensive… Though the final iteration wasnt cheap to build too.
I took my combo to many places and nearly every time it beat transports far more expensive… Though the final iteration wasnt cheap to build too.
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Can you share your pickup control solutaion to make use of normal front loading transports?
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If somebody is in search for a Shigaclone I am offering my completely assembled and tested MK1 as a PCB set. Just add toroid, cabeling and enclosure. All fine premium parts, built with Vishay MELF and so on. Also for sale is a suitable Masterclock from Andrea_mori. Both sale threads can bei found
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If someone is interested we can sure make a package. If you are unsure about SMD soldering, I can for sure offer a service help ;-)
Here for Shigaclone and here for Masterclock
If someone is interested we can sure make a package. If you are unsure about SMD soldering, I can for sure offer a service help ;-)
No,I am reading this document.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/attachments/shigacd_usermanual_v1-6-pdf.998929/
I can only know 0-9v-18v troid I need.
But what voltage(v1-v4) do I need?
I can order 0-9v-18v rcore transformer here but I wonder if it might better using several transformers.
https://www.diyaudio.com/community/attachments/shigacd_usermanual_v1-6-pdf.998929/
I can only know 0-9v-18v troid I need.
But what voltage(v1-v4) do I need?
I can order 0-9v-18v rcore transformer here but I wonder if it might better using several transformers.
So It might be better to buy 0-9v-18v custom transformer.
In document says there are additional documents in vicolaudio website but it looks closed.
Dose anyone have additional documents?
In document says there are additional documents in vicolaudio website but it looks closed.
Dose anyone have additional documents?
Technically not. MK2 PSU can host some extra parts or bigger parts. On mainboard of MK2 the spaces for optional external V-Regs (V1-V4) has increased so its more comfortable to install them on board directly. Minor adjustments to components placement (some capacitors went closer to Main chips... mainly fine tuning. Sound wise I heard both with the same DAC Setup. The MK2 did not sound much better. Maybe a tight bit, but thats because on my MK2 external VRegs and Tentlabs clock were installed and on MK1 it was not.
Biggest focus should be made on proper installing the CD transport itself. Thats, in my opinion the most crucial part. As some did (so did I), make a block of heavy steel / aluminium and put it onto springs from up and down, like in a sandwich, that way its completely decoupled from any vibrations. Also use a high quality CD puck so there is perfect pressure from on top. I bought my first from Tibi, but it was a tight bit too easy on weight, thats why a friend of mine made a modified version.