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Evie Sands

I'm lucky enough to own a Rotel RDD980 CD Transport and a RDP980 the companion DAC. I love them both and would thoroughly recommend keeping your eye out for this combination. Old but great.

Just to give you the benefit of my experience, I have some Atacama Aurora stands which have 4 holes in the top plate, a hole in each corner. These are not designed to secure a specific speaker to the stands. They are used to secure an acoustic isolation pad on which to place a standmount speaker...

I like messing with headphones. I've got a pair of Grado SR80e which I currently have in bits. As well as trying a number of different pads including the bright yellow Sennheiser HD414 pads. Changing the pads has quite an effect on the sound as you'd expect. I'm working on replacing the...

So what is it about headphones you want to talk about? Why start a new section? I have a pair of Monoprice M560 planar headphones. They have a wooden back which is attached via strong magnets. This back can be removed meaning that they can be used a closed or open headphones. As they are...

What about the ones that got away? The ones you sold, gave away, lent out and now regret. Trio KA-2002 amp - lent to brother-in-law and never seen again Goldring Lenco GL75 TT- lent to brother-in-law and never seen again Ortofon OM20 cart - lent to brother-in-law and never seen again NAD 140...

Not too bad. Front ported stand mounts about 2m apart. Blu-tacked to solid toughened glass stands filled with stone chips. Toe-in to just beyond the normal listening position and with a slight upward angle of about 3 degrees.

I have a pair of Celestion UL6 bookshelf speakers. Named by some Japanese HiFi organisation as bookshelf speaker of the year in 1976. Still in good nick and sounding quite tasty considering their age. You'll also note, from the equipment listed in my profile, that I have a 30 year old CD...

Same old same old. I believe the OP has already referred to this review and has highlighted it as being non-contemporaneous. A regurgitated review from a few years ago.

Indeed but mine is a CDM9 the last of the single beam swing arm mechanisms. Still with a tray drive wheel which literally falls to bits but you have to take the rough with the smooth. It was all about getting information from a CD - there were no other objectives - and it shows.

Similar experience with my Rotel RDD-980 CD transport. Both the CD52 and the RDD-980 have a single beam swing arm Philips CD mechanism. I don't think they can be beaten.

My Rotel RDD-980 CD transport and matching RDP-980 DAC are stilling going strong and providing wonderful sound. I can only concur that the old Philips CD mechs with single laser are really hard to beat.

If you like Bill Withers then this is a must. The other must is that this extended version is listened to in it's entirety. View: https://open.spotify.com/track/01gDLZsi0j5fWC28FLPNO8?si=89dbdcaad16344a9 View...

Damn, didn't know this thread existed. Now I have so much music to go through. Keep posting everyone. I will catch up - eventually.

Now you've got me thinking. NAD 160 receiver Goldring Lenco GL75 turntable Sharp 3388A Computer Control Cassette Deck Celestion UL 6 speakers (which are in storage in my loft) Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.