zephyr11 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 got some of these tiny ones to try with sources; thought 3 might be enough, but seems like slightly over the weight limit so end up using 4. was using ebony wooden footer which already made quite a bit of difference. instrument separation improved, everything sounds more tidy. i think this isoacoustic quite clever, use the color to highlight if it's "overweighted" like the item it is supporting is too heavy, there's a colored band, which shows full when it is not compressed. really like their stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_ian69 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Bought an audiolab 6000cdt to act as a transport since my CD player recently died. Got quite a good price for it opens up good upgrade paths since I can use different dacs with it. And I don’t believe paying 4 figures for transports in this day and age especially when I don’t have a super big cd collection dac is currently a node 2i. Decent DAC and nice interface via Blu OS for tidal streaming and plays off the 6000cdt via optical toslink to minijack as well. Best of both worlds until I decide to get a dedicated DAC / pre amp in future now running in on silent (amp off) with repeat mode. At this money, won’t go wrong was contemplating between 6000cdt vs Cambridge audio cxc but decided on former in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinger Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 2 minutes ago, ck_ian69 said: Bought an audiolab 6000cdt to act as a transport since my CD player recently died. Got quite a good price for it opens up good upgrade paths since I can use different dacs with it. And I don’t believe paying 4 figures for transports in this day and age especially when I don’t have a super big cd collection dac is currently a node 2i. Decent DAC and nice interface via Blu OS for tidal streaming and plays off the 6000cdt via optical toslink to minijack as well. Best of both worlds until I decide to get a dedicated DAC / pre amp in future now running in on silent (amp off) with repeat mode. At this money, won’t go wrong was contemplating between 6000cdt vs Cambridge audio cxc but decided on former in the end Just a question, why not use the coaxial connection? I find the 2i optical input a bit "disappointing" with the 3.5mm socket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_ian69 Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 6 hours ago, kinger said: Just a question, why not use the coaxial connection? I find the 2i optical input a bit "disappointing" with the 3.5mm socket It just happened that I didn’t have a coax cable thus used optical. The DAC in the bluesound is really quite respectable when used with a cd transport. Trashes my old (and dead) cd6003 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr11 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 ^^^^^^ i think any dac in current days, will outbyte anything from 2/3 yrs or more ago. i ordered a dac earlier this month, hopefully get it before Xmas, and can enjoy over the holidays, i've been reading up on bnc, coaxial spdif, toslink. i have 2 source with coaxial (streamer), coaxial and toslink (cdp), but the dac have 1 coaxial, 1 bnc, 2 x toslink & usb. i should try to use coaxial spdif and bnc first right? coaxial spdif (out) to bnc (in), is common enough right? from what i read, they seem to be "better than" toslink 99 out of 100 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Teh Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Coaxial to BNC isn't as common as you think, although there are some brands that have this as a custom order. LHS in Sim Lim Tower can also fabricate a decent digital cable in any configuration you want. The alternative is to use adapters, e.g. RCA to BNC. Toslink quality is also dependent on the quality of the cable used. If you rise about these cheap generic plastic fiber Toslink cables, you can get decent results with glass fiber Toslink. Toslink has bandwith limitations though and is typically limited to 96 kHz sampling rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr11 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 ^^^^^^ thanks for sharing! i'll check if my cdp can fit together with my dac in it's "allocated slot" before getting one, if not will have to just use the streamer to dac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr11 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 love them so much got another set for my amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromelang Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) bought tpt and dac but the optical cable they provided is really fcuktard. Have to spend more money buy cleaner.... Edited December 17, 2020 by jerome_the_lang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlurRhino Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, zephyr11 said: love them so much got another set for my amp. Can share how you use in your setup? I use for my CDP and i think the results is mixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr11 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 22 hours ago, BlurRhino said: Can share how you use in your setup? I use for my CDP and i think the results is mixed. i use it on my Pre, Power, TT and likely DAC when it comes. i'm not sure which ones you using, looks like the same ones i posted (iso-puck), maybe you should try the mini puck? the iso-puck per pcs is 9kg weight limit, 4 x 9kg = 36kg. might be too much for the cdp, (i checked it's 3.6kg), the mini is 2.75kg per pcs, so if you use 3pcs should be enough. if you need let me know, i can lend you the mini pucks to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinger Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) Oversized footers for the cdp and is the cdp levelled? Edited December 18, 2020 by kinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr11 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 here it is. i tried to take the picture level to the footers so you can see, the colored bands are hidden on some. iso pucks (9kg limit per pcs) iso puck mini (limit 2.75kg per pcs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zephyr11 Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Found this thread by chance, maybe worth a read, I “accidentally “ did the “right” things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinger Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 (edited) Daiso "beaks" Edited December 20, 2020 by kinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG Chong Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Just in time for Christmas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wusplay Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Is the grills easily removable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG Chong Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Did not try removing them, don’t look easy..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinger Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 look like David vs Goliath... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wusplay Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 One of these days, I should get a grills removal tool if any, or use magnets to slowly suck out the tightly fit grills on my Harbeth. Not brave enough to try it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest francishuang Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 4 hours ago, fgchong said: Just in time for Christmas Congratulations Boss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_starfish Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Congrats FG. Only 1 pair? Are you not going to get a matched pair and stack them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG Chong Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 2 hours ago, blue_starfish said: Congrats FG. Only 1 pair? Are you not going to get a matched pair and stack them? Thank you, no plan to get another matched pair, probably in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG Chong Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, francishuang said: Congratulations Boss! Thank you. Couldn't afford a pair during my younger days, ended up with Mission 751, but is always my dream to own a pair of the 15 ohms LS3/5A. The recent purchase by Joamonte, rekindle my desire to fulfill this dream. Edited December 22, 2020 by fgchong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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