I am sure that this will be of interest for many of you.
Recently the German mag "ImageHiFi" (4/2005) did a favorable review of the Shigaraki CDDrive and DAC. The wrote "... the Shigaraki system eats many other very expensive CD Players for breakfast..."
I hope I do not break any copyright rules by posting excerpts of the images, if yes, please do not tell them
In the article were a few interesting inside shots of the PSU and the DAC.
First the PSU opened:
Now everybody can see clearly that they use half-wave rectifying (like NAIM, and like I have always proposed...), that means two secondaries with two diodes only for a single output voltage. The diodes seem to be the already mentioned General Semiconductor FE5B (or C), 5Amps rated. Considered the size of the DAC including the ceramic case (7,6 x 7,6 x 14 cm), the transformer is quite small.
Recently the German mag "ImageHiFi" (4/2005) did a favorable review of the Shigaraki CDDrive and DAC. The wrote "... the Shigaraki system eats many other very expensive CD Players for breakfast..."
I hope I do not break any copyright rules by posting excerpts of the images, if yes, please do not tell them
In the article were a few interesting inside shots of the PSU and the DAC.
First the PSU opened:
Now everybody can see clearly that they use half-wave rectifying (like NAIM, and like I have always proposed...), that means two secondaries with two diodes only for a single output voltage. The diodes seem to be the already mentioned General Semiconductor FE5B (or C), 5Amps rated. Considered the size of the DAC including the ceramic case (7,6 x 7,6 x 14 cm), the transformer is quite small.