Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
Wow man that looks awesome! Congrats! When you have a minute would you mind Pm'ing me the price paid please. I am very interested.
Thanks,
Steven
It's $2350, no discounts.
Wow man that looks awesome! Congrats! When you have a minute would you mind Pm'ing me the price paid please. I am very interested.
Thanks,
Steven
Sorry Art I stand corrected - the 502CA and 515 are not quite the same after all. They both use the same overall DAC design and the same ESS 9016 chip.
I forgot that the DAC has the SS operation (I forgot because I always leave it in tube mode and I told the dealer they should make a tube only version and cut the price) but I guess people like the option.
Does the 515 only have the two tubes?
My DAC has three "a 6Z4 handles tube rectification before the signal sees twin 12AU7/ECC82 bottles." (The 6Z4 can be changed to a 6x4 but needs a small switch flipped to do that or so the dealer tells me).
Wow, just saw this thread. Congratulations on the ever improving, evolving system! Looks great and surely sounds it too.
Good for me that I don't live near Eugene to be tempted. All that tempting Devore, Leben etc...and of course the CD 515.
I acquired a couple extra tubes for the LM cd-215, for spares, but I am sure to never open it up. NOS Mullard Cv4003 tube, and an unused gold Lion Tube. Good?
I would love to hear the 515 but that would be years away. Better sound yes, but I don't need a separate DAC in a cdp. My Audiolab 8200CDQ has a DAC which I have never used. Not a useful feature for me.
My latest arangement:
My room: Sonneteer Orton integrated amp, Heed phono stage and headphone amp. LM CD-215, Rega R3 TT, Roksan Caspian Tuner, Tascam cdr, Spendor A6 speakers.
Living, Kitchen, dining= HT, TV, Marantz PM8004 integrated amp, Audiolab 8200CDQ, Oppo 980H DVD, Rotel 990bx tuner, Castle 5 way speakers, Severn/Richmond, + REL T-5 subwoofer
Hers: Onix OA21s integrated amp, Onix BWD-1 Tuner, Roksan Caspian tuner, Rega Apollo cdp, Rogers LS3/5a monitors, Quad Lite speakers, Quad 11L center, HSU subwoofer, Yamaha Blueray dvd.
Bedroom: Rega Mira-3 integrated amp, Rega Apollo cdp, Kenwood KT5020 tuner, Little Dot III headphone amp, Quad 11L Classic speakers, NHT subwoofer.
Shop: HK 6950R integrated amp, Denon TU 800 tuner, Onkyo 7030 cdp Dynaco A-25 speakers
Nice setups, for sure.