Arcam dilemma
 

In article , Wally
wrote:

Uncle Keith wrote:

I've purchased the unit now anyway, a CD82 T new, boxed with two years
gaurantee for £400. ...

So, how does it sound compared with the Alpha 5?

I haven't had time to do a comparison yet - probably not until the
weekend, but I jerry rigged it up with my old Aura VA100 and senheiser
headphones last night and it sounded gorgeous.

Did I really spell guarantee like that - I must be losing brain cells
with old age :-(

--
Uncle Keith

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Dodge McRodgered wrote:
"Ian Molton" emitted :


"Ian Molton" emitted :

You live in sunny Northwich, don't you? Just up the road from myself...

And you're a radio ham, it appears.

Not me! Where did you get that idea??

embarrasinly enough I mistook your URL for a callsign.

Fancy popping up for a brew and a chat?

Sure.

Send me your phone number by email, I'll send mine in reply...

Will do.

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http://tinyurl.com/6xjkt

sig left in as evidence of my stupidity ;-)

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"Dodge McRodgered" wrote in message
...
"Ian Molton" emitted :

You live in sunny Northwich, don't you? Just up the road from myself...

QTH?


And you're a radio ham, it appears.

Not me! Where did you get that idea??

embarrasinly enough I mistook your URL for a callsign.

QRA?

That just flew right over my head. I know not the habits or practices
of ham radio enthusiasts... :-)

Fancy popping up for a brew and a chat?

QSO


Sure.

Send me your phone number by email, I'll send mine in reply...

TKS 73


Will do.

Response waiting for you..

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http://tinyurl.com/6xjkt

sig left in as evidence of my stupidity ;-)

Now I'll QRT ..... messing around in WT language ;-) evidence of my
stupidity ..cheers Mike

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Mike Gilmour wrote:

Now I'll QRT ..... messing around in WT language ;-) evidence of my
stupidity ..cheers Mike

LOL ;-)

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:44:28 +0100, Dodge McRodgered
wrote:

"Glenn Booth" emitted :

OMFG. that one tops it all - you can hear the difference between
different LASERS in a CD player?

It would be a pretty cool trick, considering that all the data read from
a CD is buffered into memory before being fed to the DAC. I can't say
I've ever heard anyone claim that before.

Alan Dana (who may still be posting to usenet I dunno..) claimed to
easily hear differences between CD transports under proper double
blind conditions.

Many have made equally outrageous claims, none have so far proven
their case........
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:41:55 +0100, Dodge McRodgered
wrote:

"Ian Molton" emitted :

Very brave of you considering you didn't tell me where to visit.

Id be surprised if it wasnt googlable...

what about my DNS record (I havent checked whats in there though).

You live in sunny Northwich, don't you? Just up the road from myself..

There are two things in life worth fighting over : girls and money.
Calling somebody a **** on the computer is NOT one of these things ;-)

****............ :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:11:15 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:50:27 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:44:28 +0100, Dodge McRodgered
wrote:

"Glenn Booth" emitted :

OMFG. that one tops it all - you can hear the difference between
different LASERS in a CD player?

It would be a pretty cool trick, considering that all the data read from
a CD is buffered into memory before being fed to the DAC. I can't say
I've ever heard anyone claim that before.

Alan Dana (who may still be posting to usenet I dunno..) claimed to
easily hear differences between CD transports under proper double
blind conditions.

Many have made equally outrageous claims, none have so far proven
their case........

Likewise none have proven that they *aren't* the case...

If you make an extraordinary claim, i.e. one that flies in the face of
common sense and current knowledge, then *you* have to provide
extraordinary proof of your claim. I don't have to prove that the moon
is *not* made of green cheese.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 00:52:15 +0100, Dodge McRodgered
wrote:

"Stewart Pinkerton" emitted :

"Ian Molton" emitted :

Very brave of you considering you didn't tell me where to visit.

Id be surprised if it wasnt googlable...

what about my DNS record (I havent checked whats in there though).

You live in sunny Northwich, don't you? Just up the road from myself..

There are two things in life worth fighting over : girls and money.
Calling somebody a **** on the computer is NOT one of these things ;-)

****............ :-)

Right you... OUTSIDE!!

What - cyberspace? :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:31:43 +0100, Dodge McRodgered
wrote:

"Stewart Pinkerton" emitted :

"Stewart Pinkerton" emitted :

"Ian Molton" emitted :

Very brave of you considering you didn't tell me where to visit.

Id be surprised if it wasnt googlable...

what about my DNS record (I havent checked whats in there though).

You live in sunny Northwich, don't you? Just up the road from myself..

There are two things in life worth fighting over : girls and money.
Calling somebody a **** on the computer is NOT one of these things ;-)

****............ :-)

Right you... OUTSIDE!!

What - cyberspace? :-)

This IS cyberspace, Stewart.

You know exactly where I mean. See you outside ASDA in 25 minutes..

Where were you? Second chance - see you outside Waitrose in twenty
minutes.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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In message , Tat Chan
writes
Don Pearce wrote:

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 19:02:24 +0100, Uncle Keith
wrote:



How do you work that one out?
I could certainly hear the difference between different models when I
bought my Alpha 5 - Or are you saying that the Alpha 5 was such a good
model then that nothing has improved on it?
I will say I'm surprised that you could hear differences even then,
I'll leave it at that. But certainly with the Alpha 5 Arcam had
reached a sound quality that was essentially as good as it gets.


IIRC the Alpha 5 used the geriatic Philips TDA1541 multibit DACs, and
the newer Arcams use Wolfson DACs. Surely DAC technology has advanced
heaps in the last 20 years or so?

It certainly has, the latest DACs from Crystal Semiconductor and Analog
Devices are pretty much SOA.
--
Chris Morriss