I have the obsidian plinth and don’t find it shite at all. I have it supported on some foo isolation thingys and it sounds fine to me.
The Purcell is indeed digital to digital - it’s an upsampler. It has no DAC.
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Either way, I am happy
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What did you pay for it?
£550 + fees or thereabouts wasn’t it?
I haven’t as they fucked up my account, so I won zippo. Just had it confirmed, so double check next time!
Indeed.
Result!
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Maybe they’ll send you the Shakti stuff as consolation?
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That would make 4 and that would be bad. 5 OK, 4, no.
Saved from DCS-dom.
Well that’s less than I sold mine for, and more than I paid!
It’s an interesting device, although largely superseded by modern DACs. Still seems in demand from dCS fans though, especially if you can pair it with an Elgar.
Edit: ooh it all fucked up, meh!
Prices have gone up since 1876
Just my luck,i won nothing
I was tempted by the £75 Tandberg R2R but nothing else.
Need to fix my own Tandberg really.
I can sell you my 64 in a box.
Going by your post earlier your bid was too late, I made some bids earlier this morning and got an email saying any bids placed after 9am of the auction day won’t be submitted.
(and yes I know my bids were optimistic)
The 301 with auction fees etc was upper end for an un-serviced 60 year old unit it will need money spent on it. It was a Hammertone (1st type, desirable) and apparently came with a spare platter.
Fully serviced £.3K at a push (To get it into shape (£500+)
Platter = £600 at a push
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I know that sometimes people just want shot of stuff, but paying someone to ebay that stuff would have made a whole load more money, surely?
I’ve had some decent bits from auctions,but this was before online auctions which has changed everything price wise.
Bet a lot of these places are stunned at the prices they are getting.
Just got an invoice from the auction, so I did win the two items, strange company as when I asked their customer services, they said I didn’t.
Ah well a DAC and an upsampler to try.