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That Sony looks fantastic Dave, time capsule condition too!

I'm glad you finally found something to your taste.

A few texts to Martin and a read of the troubleshooting section of the Purcell manual resulted in a factory reset and turning off a word clock setting. This was very odd. According to the manual the factory reset does not change the clock option, so it would have had to have been specifically set t...

Also curious is the DAC on the Arcam!!!! That is a very nice surprise indeed. Not too much of a surprise, the Arcam DAC uses licenced dCS technology, albeit a budget implementation. In fact, the dCS that Dave has at the moment originally belonged to the head of development at Arcam. The biggest dif...

BTW what's the inspiration behind your monikor, apart from the obvious! It's a nick name that stuck. Most of my friends call me Howlin. It's from a motorcycle owners group that I was a member of. All the members were allocated 'Dawg' tags. I became Howlin Dawg due to the sound my mildly modified Tr...

I still struggle to get my head around how anyone would sell a DAC where default setup on power up would be so bad that a few changes would improve it to the degree we are looking for but maybe that was the way things were in the early days of DAC development. The Elgar DAC will function just fine ...

Hi all, I've made a few posts on here already but thought it polite if I introduced myself properly. My name is Martin and I live in Leixlip. A few folks on here already know me either from meeting in person or via the WAM. My system is in a state of flux at the moment as a change of requirements (a...

How do you find the phono stage? I have his DAC, gainclones and used his F5 boards etc. Always an admirer of his. I love it. Very low noise floor with great clarity and detail coming through. It's a very different sound to his DAC (which I also had until recently) which can be a little flavoured an...

DaveF wrote:The dCS
Still need to see if I can get this back out on loan. No question that we didnt set it up properly last time

Dave, I'd be happy to give you a guided tour of the functions so you can see exactly how to set it up and how versatile it can be.
You have my email addy if you need it.

Claus wrote:Wow, you must have found something very nice to sell that luxman! May we ask what replaced it?

At the moment I'm using a DIY rig, DCB1 pre with dual mono solidstate power and AudioSector phonostage.

Adrian wrote:Well I think somebody must be regretting letting this baby go....

A Luxman SQ-38U integrated valve amplifier...

Well my wife wasn't too happy about me selling it, that's for sure.
She loved the thing. :)

I hope you're enjoying it!