The *NOT BORING!* Hi-Fi faff chat and sales

[legrandefromage]

well, theres a left and a right something going on there

take it all out!

 

[velofrog]

lol, no!!

have a cable coming to try the balanced digital.

you should see the guys electrical drawings... proper ocd stuff!

the player works well and I love the illuminated play/pause buttons... they're like scrabble letter squares!

 

[legrandefromage]

the balanced digital thing....

XLR crept out of the studio environment because it was a great way to send ANALOGUE signals over long distances - phono is good for upto about 10 metres whereas XLR was good for 100m+

The HIFI illuminati seized on this and thought it'd be a great way to make more snakeoil for the hifi world

How the grundlefunk it ended up being used in the HIFI world for DIGITAL is beyond me but its another one of those studio things that creeps into the domestic hifi scene

The best way of sending digital information for domestic CD transports was with a separate timing signal, then it was all re-clocked at the DAC and super accurate but also expensive

and BNC!

There were two or 3 companies that did this - note the 'sync' connector and 'ti link'

 

[legrandefromage]

Clock info!

 

[velofrog]

This is in with the other paperwork.... but can't see any sign of anything like that installed....?

 

[velofrog]

NOS remote arrived all the way from Canadialand in five days!

 

[velofrog]

Have these diminutive beasties incoming to replace the ML’s after many years of service, had to downsize as they just don’t fit in with the new furniture, but these are REALLY downsized!

 

[grantoury]

@legrandefromage Is a second hand Meridian 506 a good buy? Are these things serviceable still?

 

[tintin40]

@legrandefromage Is a second hand Meridian 506 a good buy? Are these things serviceable still?

Here is a 'serviced' 506

 

[tintin40]

I'm thinking of buying a new CD player. Jay's Audio. But I don't recognise any of the sockets at the back?? none seem to be for my pre-amp?