Hi to All,
Sorry for the long post. Feel free to exercise tl;dr.
Similar to a lot of folks here I have been a music lover all of my life. I went the upgrade route in my early 20's, ultimately arriving at a Linn Sondek LP12 and Linn Ittok LVII with a Dynavector Karat Diamond. I had a Musical Fidelity Mk II preamp balanced out, feeding 2 Quantum monoblock 140w amps and my best speakers were Celestion SL6s, tho not in my front room. I also built a Velleman K4000 valve amp but smashed a valve and blew it up one night after getting a static shock off the Sondek (I am not rich! Everything I have had I have had to work and save for). I have since given it all away to a friend who has spent a small fortune 'upgrading' it. He even had my KaratD re-coiled despite Dynavector saying it was 'consumable' and couldn't be done, (one downside is that it puts out less mVs now than it did, which wasn't a lot).
I have since got into dacs through my interest in pcs and in particular the Raspberry Pi. I have used a Iqaudio and Allo Boss Dac. The latter was powered by a dual out Power Bank feeding them both separately. Unsoldering and resoldering a 0805 0 ohm smd was a challenge with these eyes and a soldering iron tip like Sequoia! I have since got myself a Dual Mono ESS9038Q2M Dac, FifoPi, Ess controller and standard I/V output board. I just received my new Crystek crystals from the US, ordered Monday and they arrived Today! 3 days! That is quicker than RM getting something from the north down to me.
Sorry for the long post but I don't get out much, or not at all these past 9 weeks; 3 weeks to go.
Keep Safe, Keep Well.
Match.
Sorry for the long post. Feel free to exercise tl;dr.
Similar to a lot of folks here I have been a music lover all of my life. I went the upgrade route in my early 20's, ultimately arriving at a Linn Sondek LP12 and Linn Ittok LVII with a Dynavector Karat Diamond. I had a Musical Fidelity Mk II preamp balanced out, feeding 2 Quantum monoblock 140w amps and my best speakers were Celestion SL6s, tho not in my front room. I also built a Velleman K4000 valve amp but smashed a valve and blew it up one night after getting a static shock off the Sondek (I am not rich! Everything I have had I have had to work and save for). I have since given it all away to a friend who has spent a small fortune 'upgrading' it. He even had my KaratD re-coiled despite Dynavector saying it was 'consumable' and couldn't be done, (one downside is that it puts out less mVs now than it did, which wasn't a lot).
I have since got into dacs through my interest in pcs and in particular the Raspberry Pi. I have used a Iqaudio and Allo Boss Dac. The latter was powered by a dual out Power Bank feeding them both separately. Unsoldering and resoldering a 0805 0 ohm smd was a challenge with these eyes and a soldering iron tip like Sequoia! I have since got myself a Dual Mono ESS9038Q2M Dac, FifoPi, Ess controller and standard I/V output board. I just received my new Crystek crystals from the US, ordered Monday and they arrived Today! 3 days! That is quicker than RM getting something from the north down to me.
Sorry for the long post but I don't get out much, or not at all these past 9 weeks; 3 weeks to go.
Keep Safe, Keep Well.
Match.
