Lil' 2 channel

MillerLiteScott

After hooking up a Yamaha 2 channel receiver and my old JVC cd player to my RTA 11ts for the hell of it, I had to turn it off after about 40 seconds of a song because it sounded like assssssss. I decided to try the "lil amp of the century deal" RS amp that was all the rage last spring.

Wow!!! What a difference from that Yamaha receiver. This little thing sounds great in comparison. A keeper if not just for fun.

One other thing. As I was moving my JVC cd player while my main system was playing, at a very modest level, I was amazed at how much the CD players chassis was vibrating to the sound of my system playing. This certainly makes me think again about dampening the chassis of all my equipment.

Scott

Yashu

I would look into a better CDP. I had an old JVC cd player and hooked it up to my new stuff one time, and it was just terrible. I thought my NAD 5 disc changer was bad (they make good single disc players, but not changers), this thing was so dark and muddy that it made my NAD changer sound like a Wadia.

Even a used Toshiba 3950 or 3960... then you will have two of the best "deals of the century".

heiney9

Yashu wrote: »

Even a used Toshiba 3950 or 3960... then you will have two of the best "deals of the century".

The 3950 and 3960 are not that great, might be marginally better than the JVC but hardly "deals of the century". All hype as far as I'm concerned (IMO).

H9

MillerLiteScott

Thanks for your thought's guys. Last night I just started connecting pieces I had laying around and I was just shocked that this little RS amp sounded much better than the Yamaha 2 channel receiver that was designed for 2 channel and with 100 wpc. As far as deals of the century I was just quoting the original thread for this little amp. I could not find the original thread.

As far as chassis dampening, it was just telling to hold a piece and feel how much vibration affected the chassis and thus the equipment. Try it. Just hold a piece of cheap equipment while some music is playing. I was amazed.

madmax

Yashu wrote: »

Even a used Toshiba 3950 or 3960... then you will have two of the best "deals of the century".

Absolutely!
madmax

reeltrouble1

You still have the one GG special delivered to you on the bombing fly-by Max????:D+

Yashu

The 3950 and 3960 are not that great,

Compared to my old early 90s JVC CDP, the 3960 sounds wonderful. I will say, it may not be the most refined, but it certainly isn't dark, or fatiguing. Once I did this opamp bypass mod, it sounded even better. The computer beats it, but for a standalone CDP, the 3960 is a damn good value when you are pairing it with something that is also a good value, like this radio shack amp. I enjoyed it much more than any non burr-brown CDP I have ever heard. NAD made several CDPs that had burr-brown opamps and also cheaper ones. The 3960 easily beats the non burr-brown players. When it was new, the thing was less than 50 dollars... and it sounded WAY better than 50 dollars. I am not saying it is the best thing ever, but damn, it is a good value for a second system.

The radioshack amp, plus a 3960, and a set of "value" speakers like radioshack LX-7s, wow that would be one hell of a budget system.