Yes - as said you need a good external DAC. As a transport the Squeezebox is better than most CDPs (and if a CD63 was to beat it, it would have to be a well-modded one, certainly not a stock one). It's like anything else though you can take it as far as you want to go, just like a CDP. You can hack them open, re-box them, install better clocks, use the data lines to feed any DAC chip you like and bypass S/PDIF. It is not limited any more than a CDP is.
My PC is in my bedroom and my hifi is not, so no PC noise to worry about. Using digital out from the PC would be a no-go, and I don't want to have to use the PC to navigate either.
Even on its own, stock, the Squeezebox classic is as good as a good £300 CD player.
I'm certainly not going back now, not now the SB3-->DacMagic-->Zapfilter2 combo is in the house! I might get the new Squeezebox Touch though as the s/pdif is said to be outstandingly good.
For those interested, the Squeezebox Receiver (half of Duet) feeds its internal DAC standard I2S, and many have built uber receivers where the've reboxed them and attached all manner of clocks and DIY DACs to them, TDA1541A non-OS, the lot, so there is nothing to limit you if you're prepared to go all the way.
My PC is in my bedroom and my hifi is not, so no PC noise to worry about. Using digital out from the PC would be a no-go, and I don't want to have to use the PC to navigate either.
Even on its own, stock, the Squeezebox classic is as good as a good £300 CD player.
I'm certainly not going back now, not now the SB3-->DacMagic-->Zapfilter2 combo is in the house! I might get the new Squeezebox Touch though as the s/pdif is said to be outstandingly good.
For those interested, the Squeezebox Receiver (half of Duet) feeds its internal DAC standard I2S, and many have built uber receivers where the've reboxed them and attached all manner of clocks and DIY DACs to them, TDA1541A non-OS, the lot, so there is nothing to limit you if you're prepared to go all the way.
Hi boys,
remeber my sold CD53 went back home faulty?
remeber there was no focus, then replaced the factory Xtal to servo and fixed it, the error 10?
Guess what, I've totally removed the AudioGD clock and the 16mHz clock got in its place: music!
I'll report the anwser of AudioGD about this issue...
matthieu
remeber my sold CD53 went back home faulty?
remeber there was no focus, then replaced the factory Xtal to servo and fixed it, the error 10?
Guess what, I've totally removed the AudioGD clock and the 16mHz clock got in its place: music!
I'll report the anwser of AudioGD about this issue...
matthieu
Hi Ray,
the good point, beside price, is that it can -when it works- drive the Servo also... but when it works...
And I welcome your offer very much, I have spare parts from my ... 4th Flea! OMG for a guy who was asking "what's resistors few years ago I think you gave me that kind of DIY plague
I'm a bit ashamed I have nothing I can think of to offer to you guys
Simon, defo better with that twin reclock than standard, I thought it was... efficient!
Matthieu
would you all concur that these old Marantz have been taken as far as they can, given the time and attention and inventiveness that's been poured into them? The only avenue that has been more or less ignore is this one Lukasz Fikus Lampizator. Well I might have missed something along the way. 1400 pages is a lot to go thru! Brent has dismissed this approach when I asked. I fully understand his reluctance but I have to say, reading thru Lukasz's site, that he makes a very convincing case. Feedback?