kmckenn
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| Convert Vintage Audiophile CD Player (Mod Squad Prism - CDB650) to "DAC" @jafant I ran into this old article the other night on the Magnavox CDB650, thought it was interesting.http://www.hifi-classic.net/review/magnavox-cdb-650-180.html | |
| Convert Vintage Audiophile CD Player (Mod Squad Prism - CDB650) to "DAC" OK, this is getting depressing. I have been working with Ken (by referral of Steve and Patrick (SMcAudio), and casually with Steve by email, and he says it is not practical, and I am not the first person to request the mod.Anyone else with any tho... | |
| Convert Vintage Audiophile CD Player (Mod Squad Prism - CDB650) to "DAC" hmmm.... and imagining a/the possible 16bit/44.1mhz, I actually Google'd "TDA1541 4x oversampling", and found an interesting read... https://www.audialonline.com/blog/another-story-about-tda1541a-384-khz/ | |
| Convert Vintage Audiophile CD Player (Mod Squad Prism - CDB650) to "DAC" I used to own one of these, it ultimately failed, and a year ago during a move, I now regret having thrown it in the dumpster. I feel ill every time I recall tossing it in the dumpster.A few days ago, I found another (via eBay https://www.ebay.com... | |
| Mod Squad "Line Drive Deluxe"... ummm....1) I have... when I say, said "I just did", that does not refer to this Forum posting. 2) regardless of how long I have been a member, that experience does not include ever listed anything for sale. I have clicked on the PAY NOW twice, I e... | |
| Vandersteen 5 @mzwerner - I have some Vandy(2C), Rotel(1055), Multi-Channel experience.Your 5's will give you all the low-frequency (sub) response needed (Subs as none is correct) Just set them (as you have them) as "large". The "large" setting sends all freque... | |
| Mccormack DNA-225 platinum @mzwerner - WOW! I am running a similar system to yours. I have a pair of cloth Quatros I picked up just shy of a year ago, and had a DNA 0.5 GOLD upgrade done by SMcAudio this last April 2018, both a tier shy of a DNA225 Platinum and Vandy 5's. T... | |
| Vandersteen, DNA & SMcAudio (AKA "Mod Squad") ... the DNA + Quatro's replaced a vintage pair of Vandersteen 2C's, and a pair of vertically bi-amp'd B&K ST-202's (which I now need to sell, along with an old PS Audio 100C that used to drive the 2C's) | |
| Vandersteen, DNA & SMcAudio (AKA "Mod Squad") @gdbrbob... I can't really claim completely blind, in regards to, I have owned a "Mod Squad" Prism (Modified Magnavox CDB-650) since 1989 (which I still have and would loooooove to get playing again), and had a "Mod Squad" Line Drive Deluxe that I... |