darthvadersdad 856 Super Wammer Posted Friday at 18:07 In the mid nineties (I think) I had the opportunity to have a multitude of two box Cd/Dac combo's for whole bank holiday weekend to compare with a view to buying if I liked one of them from Audio Projects in Headingley Leeds. I already owned an Arcam Delta 270 one box & loaned the matching Dac I also loaned the Iinn Karik/ Numeric combo and finally a Teac two box combo but can't remember which models sorry I invited a very good friend who also had the same player as me for some serious listening, So armed with our favourite CD's & test tracks there on we commenced on our journey of discovery. As we had the house & whole weekend to ourselves it was pretty much full on from morning till night swopping the various combinations in & out making notes about each one trying to be as objective as we could and having a ball in the process. So we come to our conclusions we both had favourites for various reasons myself it was the Arcam & Don prefered the Teac neither of us rated the linn combo which was a bit sterile a bit kind of music by numbers. Both the others were more musical & involving/entertaining. Anyway I will come to the crux of the matter after a whole weekend of music beer (not too much) takeaways (too many) and loads of tunes We decided to box everything up & put it in the hall. I then returned my system back to it's normal set up and sat back & chilled out. Well to our great suprise the music just seemed to flow beautifully via my one box Arcam Delta 270 player very together hugely entertaining and musical. The phrase Gobsmacked does'nt do it justice & I have never revisited two box cd's since & was wholly contented with my Arcam for many years till it died on me replaced by a Marantz Ki Pearl then an Esoteric DV50s. So has the two box cd player moved on I sometimes wonder am I missing out on a huge improvement from my cd's sticking with one box playing????????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lurch 1,514 Super Wammer Posted Friday at 18:12 Well I'm running a 2 box Lector CDP7TL, however in this instance the 2nd box is the psu as opposed to a DAC. Lector also do a 4 box version, cdt, dac, 2x psu. Sent from my I3312 using Tapatalk 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darthvadersdad 856 Super Wammer Posted Friday at 19:07 53 minutes ago, Lurch said: Well I'm running a 2 box Lector CDP7TL, however in this instance the 2nd box is the psu as opposed to a DAC. Lector also do a 4 box version, cdt, dac, 2x psu. Sent from my I3312 using Tapatalk 4 boxes 😱😱😱😱! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MF 1000 1,478 Posted Friday at 19:13 Yes and I’m a proud owner of the Lector 4 box setup ....incredibly musical and so non digital 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabski 7,245 Moderator Posted Friday at 19:15 (edited) Quite right Keith. Only two boxes? Way too few Edited Friday at 19:16 by rabski 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DomT 824 Super Wammer Posted Friday at 20:25 Have had both. Two box Wadia and one box Marantz SA-KI. Just depends. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rayymondo 233 Posted Friday at 20:37 I have a total of two boxes (in main system) for practical reasons. 1 x integrated amp and 1 x streamer/dac, for me the less boxes the better. Maybe if I had more space..... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabski 7,245 Moderator Posted Friday at 20:57 Twenty boxes in the system at the moment, but it should be twenty-two by the end of the weekend. Not including turntable, reel-to-reel and speakers, of course. It's not quite enough, but it's getting there. 2 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DomT 824 Super Wammer Posted Friday at 20:59 1 minute ago, rabski said: Twenty boxes in the system at the moment, but it should be twenty-two by the end of the weekend. Not including turntable, reel-to-reel and speakers, of course. It's not quite enough, but it's getting there. 30 is the magic number!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabski 7,245 Moderator Posted Friday at 21:00 Just now, DomT said: 30 is the magic number!! I'm trying. Just give me time What I really need is more rack space. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blackmetalboon 608 Posted Friday at 21:01 2 minutes ago, rabski said: Twenty boxes in the system at the moment, but it should be twenty-two by the end of the weekend. Not including turntable, reel-to-reel and speakers, of course. It's not quite enough, but it's getting there. You’re almost at the peak of the bell curve. 5 years from now it’ll just be a Naim Muso! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigrod 917 Super Wammer Posted Friday at 21:01 Less is more !!!!!!!! 4 box’s and you can’t see anything but the turntable . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MF 1000 1,478 Posted Friday at 21:05 Only 14 boxes and the 4 speaker boxes too 😁 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mattykyuss 536 Posted Friday at 21:12 Marantz cd 6003 for my Croft amp. Marantz cd5000 for my Sony es amp.One box is plentyfor me, im not a cheater ,or cheatah . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabski 7,245 Moderator Posted Friday at 21:13 7 minutes ago, MF 1000 said: Only 14 boxes and the 4 speaker boxes too 😁 Amateur 1 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
