Oh, sorry--it's the Orchid. I asked the U.S. distributor to mod mine by adding a 2nd RCA output pair on the back. That makes the DAC very useful to me, able to feed signal to 2 headphone amps at a time (one also a preamp).
I also rolled buffer tubes until I got the right one. Amazing sound.
It was a lot of work and i am pretty sure I absolutely hosed my back ... but redid my desk and swapped one of the receivers on my desk, had to clean the various switches / pots on both of these... The SX-3600 is sounding very great with these JBL L1's here right now.. The SX-450 is powering some NHT SuperZero's and a NHT passive sub woofer... I am listening to some Japanese Citypop on the SX-3600 now with JBL L1's and it is fantastic ... speakers cost $40 and receiver cost $60 can't really complain for $100~ the sx-3600 manages to drive these Fostex T50RP's as well.. which is good My creek OBH-11 and DV336 are both useless with these planar fostex headphones..
For my part people can have my 70s/ 80s / 90s speakers when they pry them from my cold dead hands.. =p
It was a lot of work and i am pretty sure I absolutely hosed my back ... but redid my desk and swapped one of the receivers on my desk, had to clean the various switches / pots on both of these... The SX-3600 is sounding very great with these JBL L1's here right now.. The SX-450 is powering some NHT SuperZero's and a NHT passive sub woofer... I am listening to some Japanese Citypop on the SX-3600 now with JBL L1's and it is fantastic ... speakers cost $40 and receiver cost $60 can't really complain for $100~ the sx-3600 manages to drive these Fostex T50RP's as well.. which is good My creek OBH-11 and DV336 are both useless with these planar fostex headphones..
For my part people can have my 70s/ 80s / 90s speakers when they pry them from my cold dead hands.. =p
adds bass to the listening experience... placement is key... hence the large mouse pad.. =p also $14~ at Total Wine (12pk) ... well worth the investment for improved bass response.
The Snell Type A are a cinch to drive. The best sound I ever heard out of those was back at the Bristol Show in the mid-80s. Source was a CD transport (can’t remember which one) into a prototype Audio Note NOS tube DAC and an early AN Kit One (300B SET) stuffed with “designer” components…
A valid concern. Many discs in my collection are scratched because I noticed too late in the ripping process that my slot-loader drive was damaging them. Not horrible scratches, but certainly noticeable . I immediately switched to a tray-loader and haven't had any scratching problems since. (Sorry, this is off-topic for this thread.)
Wonderful! Quiet, reads discs perfectly, 100% reliable, detailed retrieval of disc information. In a difference from @CJG888, I prefer the slot-loading CD transports: less potential vibration from ‘tray clatter’ to affect disc reading. In all, “Five-Star” in my book. (I have owned this for a bit over three years.)
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