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CD Transport Kit, Anyone heard it?

post #1 of 61
8/1/07 at 8:36pm
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While thumbing through the recent list of DAC kits that were posted I ran across this transport kit.

http://us.hifidiy.net/Article.asp?articleid=167

Has anyone built this kit, or has anyone heard it?
The kit includes everything, including a remote, and sells for $400.00 shipped.
The shipping time is horribly slow at 6-8 weeks, but I can wait I guess.
Just wanted to know if there's any first hand info on it.
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post #2 of 61
8/1/07 at 8:54pm
All I know is i'd like one.
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post #3 of 61
8/1/07 at 9:11pm
Wow, that looks to be quite a deal for 400 shipped. I'd be curious if anyone has any impressions as well
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post #4 of 61
8/1/07 at 9:14pm
Nate (n_maher) built one. I've seen it in person, but haven't listened yet. It looks great... The fit and finish is excellent, and the case and panels are beefy. IIRC there were some issues with the (lack of) instructions, or at least that was my understanding. I'm sure he'll chime in at some point.

Here's a pic of his:
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post #5 of 61
8/1/07 at 10:56pm
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Yeah the instruction translations look to be pretty sketchy. It's good to know that n_maher has built one though.
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post #6 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:09pm
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Originally Posted by swt61 View Post
Yeah the instruction translations look to be pretty sketchy. It's good to know that n_maher has built one though.
Are you going to DIY this thing on your own?

-Alex-
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post #7 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:18pm
Is the lower left button supposed to say "DIMMER"?
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post #8 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:29pm
Looks the goods!
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post #9 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:29pm
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Originally Posted by [AK]Zip View Post
Are you going to DIY this thing on your own?

-Alex-
Yeah right! You know me better than that. My soldering iron is just for show. I've been talking to fierce_freak about building me one. He's building me an Opus DAC now.
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post #10 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:34pm
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Originally Posted by slowpogo View Post
Is the lower left button supposed to say "DIMMER"?
Silly goose! That's the DIMME...Diagnostic Inputting Magnetic Memory Engine.
Everyone knows that!




Or maybe they didn't translate dimmer correctly.
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post #11 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:37pm
Whoa! This look like a sick Transport!!! Really beautifull and it seem like a big horse too! This would be great for my setup...not untill i sold some of my headphones though. Someone know of other DIY transport like this one on the cheaper or better?
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post #12 of 61
8/1/07 at 11:44pm
I'm tempted to build one, but as of late, I've started to migrate to digital transports...ie. squeezebox/transporter style. Simply so much more convenient!



That's my thinking and I'm sticking to it....damn it!
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post #13 of 61
8/2/07 at 12:13am
That's pretty cool.
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post #14 of 61
8/2/07 at 12:34am
I'll put together a more focused reply to this tomorrow as I have a lot to say on the subject (most of which I've PM'd to Steve already). There are good and bad points to the kit, the short version of that like many things that ship from China it is a very real gamble about what shows up and how hard it is to get what might be missing. And there's good reason that I didn't post my impressions here, not the least of which is that I haven't been able to use it until just recently.
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post #15 of 61
8/2/07 at 1:02am
Damn, I was hoping it was one of the rare cases where a kit from china was put together well
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