Black and no stand for me

Are they worth springing for? Was thinking of these or a townshend seismic stand/platform

Dave improving day by day and I am indeed finding no difference between the bog standard supplied toslink cable and a chord co. spdif cable nor between the CD players. Dave just takes the signal and works it's magic. 91% is indeed a rare score for HFN and it confirms what we have heard :blush...

I'm using both the Rega Isis and the Bryston bcd1-I haven't decided which one to commit to. I'm actually new to all this digital stuff beyond CD's so have no idea how I would rip my (quite large) CD collection to a better file?

Thanks Jazz, I will once I can but for now I need/want the additional sources:blush:

Lol, thanks m0nster :blush:

Box arrives...

I'm awaiting an acoustic revival stand and am currently using the chord supplied toslink for the Rega and a custom chord cable RCA to BNC spdif for the Bryston bcd1. Can't really tell any difference between the different transports/digital cables-whatever I listen to seems the best lol Vocals...

Struggling to upload images but it's DAVE-day! Right out of the box it sounds so good-all my music is on CD now and "even" at 16/44.1, it sounds so right. Just together and coherent. Musical and easy. Detailed spacious and clean. Finally CD had come of age, perfect sound forever...

Mine is due next week....:grimacing::grinning: I am just a little bit excited. I almost don't want to be because it sets up expectations that may be fantastical....

Dang it, yes you did, apologies! I'll check that cable out, thanks :blush:

Thanks, Rob. I'm looking forward to it arriving but get conflicting advice on how to connect transport to DAVE. You're the first to advise optical but, well, if that's what you're saying, then optical it is....! Does cable quality matter for optical?

The Rega Isis doesn't like all discs unlike my Brsyton bcd-1 so if I use that as my transport, is the AES/EBU preferred over toslink and s/pdif? Should I be anxious over timing/jitter with using separate DAC and transport?

Not sure about a chord specialist site but I hear good things about 2ndhandhifi co uk. Never personally used them so don't know much though

I'm really looking forward to my DAVE, I needed a good story, thanks, Rob. My £2K bryston bcd1 killed my £6K Mcintosh, and my £6K Rega Isis similarly beats £15K+ players from esoteric, dcs etc in my view. Money is one of those subjective variables which influence our perception of the world...

I was thinking the same thing... I only put my order in last week so I guess I'll be in that same batch? I kinda need a little DAVE praise and feedback as I'm really enjoying my Rega Isis and almost don't want something that complicates my listening unnecessarily.... First world problems....

In anticipation of DAVE joining me, I spent the morning moving cables and interconnects around in my system along with the addition of an Evo3 syncro cable I picked up. I couldn't put it into my sigmas GII as the female socket on that has horizontal slots rather than the usual IEC vertical...

Picked up an istoek syncro cable-do I recall right that some of you guys have used into power conditioners and also direct into power amp? Thoughts? Sorry if OT

New to this forum and this looked an interesting read until all nearly all WW's posts were redacted lol Weird.

That's weird no? Maybe worth investigation, depending on what I use as transport I guess

Just playing my newly acquired SS version of the Isis. Very musical, great PRaT, cohesive and fluid. Not harsh or "digitally" at all. Impressed.

Just playing my new (used) Isis. Wonderful music coming out of it I have to say. Less analytic than my Bryston bcd1 but just as foot-tapping and country mile ahead of my McIntosh MCD550

I've been going through a bit of a purchase frenzy, and in addition to the DAVE I have also received an old Sony cdp103 and a Philips cd202 but also a Rega Isis which I've just plugged in. Not as analytic as my Bryston bcd1byt by golly it makes your foot tap. Very musical indeed. This is the...