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Re: California Audio Labs Icon MkII CD Player for Sale
Received, Excellent packing and fast shipping. Thanks
hoosier21
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Re: Tinkering with the office rig.....
Yeah, we'll see. It's probably overkill as the Meanwell units sound just fine. Perhaps the $$$ spent on a built one or self build could/should be used for other audio purchases.
I'm pretty much making the dual mono ACA's and the Schiit Lyr 3 - tube pre/headphone amp w/dac my main office rig. It sounds so damn good! The clarity and separation is just crazy good!
This is the pre/dac I truly want to run, but finding them used in the US is few and far between. Too much money new for this kind of rig. If I could pick on one up used for $800 or less I'd do it.
https://power-holdings-inc.com/Keces-S3-DAC-Headphone-Amplifier-&-Preamplifier-p137031938
Before the pandemic these retailed for about $1100 or less. I've missed sales in the past of used ones for $550-650.
Or maybe just stop and enjoy what I am currently running. I bought so many 6SN7's to find the best sounding one for the Lyr3. Abandoning it probably doesn't make sense.....lol.
H9
P.S. the ZeroZone LPS comes with Nichicon FG caps, not cheap Chinese off brands. I agree, avoid those.
I'm pretty much making the dual mono ACA's and the Schiit Lyr 3 - tube pre/headphone amp w/dac my main office rig. It sounds so damn good! The clarity and separation is just crazy good!
This is the pre/dac I truly want to run, but finding them used in the US is few and far between. Too much money new for this kind of rig. If I could pick on one up used for $800 or less I'd do it.
https://power-holdings-inc.com/Keces-S3-DAC-Headphone-Amplifier-&-Preamplifier-p137031938
Before the pandemic these retailed for about $1100 or less. I've missed sales in the past of used ones for $550-650.
Or maybe just stop and enjoy what I am currently running. I bought so many 6SN7's to find the best sounding one for the Lyr3. Abandoning it probably doesn't make sense.....lol.
H9
P.S. the ZeroZone LPS comes with Nichicon FG caps, not cheap Chinese off brands. I agree, avoid those.
heiney9
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
SCompRacer wrote: »I've only had to knock snow off our dish...
There was a thing about Starlink antennas in "snow melt mode" attracting felines...
mhardy6647
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Re: Post a picture.....any picture...part deux...
mhardy6647
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Re: Tinkering with the office rig.....
If you are going through the effort of building your own ACA kits, why not build your own linear power supply? These things are really quite simple. For the low wattage of the ACA, I'd just build one dual channel ~24V-30V LPS with a dual tap torroid, a pair of 15K 35V filter caps for each channel, a 8 appropriately sized diodes, 8 Wima Caps for each diode, and a pair of decent film caps to run in parallel to the big electrolytic.
I did this many years back for my Pearl Phono and it was really pretty simple. Mine was tad harder because I wanted to run both DC channels in a single umbilical, but for those ACAs, you would obviously want separate runs to the amps. (Note: Later, I went back and added a ground wire to run through the umbilical and tie into the mains ground.)
(note: I'm pretty sure I mislabeled that and it should be 2x30V)
I'm not sure if the ACA needs a regulated supply or if they amps have regulators built in. For my Pearl, each channel of the preamp has onboard regulators to bring that 30V down to 24V if I recall correctly. If it needs a regulated supply, that's a bit more complex.
I did this many years back for my Pearl Phono and it was really pretty simple. Mine was tad harder because I wanted to run both DC channels in a single umbilical, but for those ACAs, you would obviously want separate runs to the amps. (Note: Later, I went back and added a ground wire to run through the umbilical and tie into the mains ground.)
(note: I'm pretty sure I mislabeled that and it should be 2x30V)
I'm not sure if the ACA needs a regulated supply or if they amps have regulators built in. For my Pearl, each channel of the preamp has onboard regulators to bring that 30V down to 24V if I recall correctly. If it needs a regulated supply, that's a bit more complex.
billbillw
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Re: RUSH is Back 2026 tour
Same with White Snake and Deep Purple, let’s not forget about Rainbow.
I think it was 1981. I saw rainbow for $1.99 . . . main floor.
GlennDog
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Re: RUSH is Back 2026 tour
At first I was a hard no, but now I see they just want to play music in front of their fans. As long as they honor Neil (and I'm sure they will) I think it's cool. 10 years since they toured and 5 years since Neil's sad passing.
Not to start a huge OT discussion. I do think Led Zep did the right thing when Bonzo died. He truly couldn't be replaced. Zep was equal parts of 4 and with only 3 and a replacement, it wouldn't have worked.
I've heard and seen Jason several times and while he does an admirable job, he's not his father. There is a "swing, groove and timing" thing I've never heard anyone duplicate when playing Zep songs. As great as Page is/was with his riffs and odd tuning and production values, JPJ and Bonham took some of the songs to another level, that IMO, can't be replicated.
I am excited to hear/see some new live Rush and see how it all works out. None of us are getting any younger so let's just do it and enjoy it.
H9
Not to start a huge OT discussion. I do think Led Zep did the right thing when Bonzo died. He truly couldn't be replaced. Zep was equal parts of 4 and with only 3 and a replacement, it wouldn't have worked.
I've heard and seen Jason several times and while he does an admirable job, he's not his father. There is a "swing, groove and timing" thing I've never heard anyone duplicate when playing Zep songs. As great as Page is/was with his riffs and odd tuning and production values, JPJ and Bonham took some of the songs to another level, that IMO, can't be replicated.
I am excited to hear/see some new live Rush and see how it all works out. None of us are getting any younger so let's just do it and enjoy it.
H9
heiney9
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