Hi guys
Had a casualty over the break....sat down for a session New Years Eve, and two tracks in to my first cd my beloved YBA CD1 Delta 3box gave up the ghost. I will try to get the mechanism repaired, but replacements are like hen's teeth and repairs always take forever, so in the meantime I'm planning to buy an understudy - replacement
What do i love about the YBA?
It has a wonderful, natural organic sound, both meaty and solid in the bass while ethereal in the mids and treble, with terrific PRaT and slam. To my ears it sounds pure analogue, and thus far i haven't heard another cdp that comes close....but then again i haven't heard any of the current crop.
The three boxes comprise Transport, and two power supplies, one for each of the onboard dacs stereo channel's analogue circuits
My current contenders, based on what's available, are an Esoteric P03 / D03 for £7500 s/h, or an MSB Platinum Data cd IV Transport, plus Signature power base for £2795 s/h, this will require an additional dac.
My YBA doesn't appear to accept digital in, unless I'm mistaken. There's just a pair of rca outputs and a coaxial connection, is that likely to be a digital input? Currently i use that connection to ground the chassis, Entreq style to an Olympus Tellus, while the output signal is also stereo grounded
If it were a possibility I'd be strongly tempted to use the MSB transport and the onboard YBA dac, and audition a tasty MSB dac when funds permit.
Another option is to mate the MSB transport with another company's dac, Lampizator etc. I am open to any suggestions here
Thank you for your thoughts
gavin
Had a casualty over the break....sat down for a session New Years Eve, and two tracks in to my first cd my beloved YBA CD1 Delta 3box gave up the ghost. I will try to get the mechanism repaired, but replacements are like hen's teeth and repairs always take forever, so in the meantime I'm planning to buy an understudy - replacement
What do i love about the YBA?
It has a wonderful, natural organic sound, both meaty and solid in the bass while ethereal in the mids and treble, with terrific PRaT and slam. To my ears it sounds pure analogue, and thus far i haven't heard another cdp that comes close....but then again i haven't heard any of the current crop.
The three boxes comprise Transport, and two power supplies, one for each of the onboard dacs stereo channel's analogue circuits
My current contenders, based on what's available, are an Esoteric P03 / D03 for £7500 s/h, or an MSB Platinum Data cd IV Transport, plus Signature power base for £2795 s/h, this will require an additional dac.
My YBA doesn't appear to accept digital in, unless I'm mistaken. There's just a pair of rca outputs and a coaxial connection, is that likely to be a digital input? Currently i use that connection to ground the chassis, Entreq style to an Olympus Tellus, while the output signal is also stereo grounded
If it were a possibility I'd be strongly tempted to use the MSB transport and the onboard YBA dac, and audition a tasty MSB dac when funds permit.
Another option is to mate the MSB transport with another company's dac, Lampizator etc. I am open to any suggestions here
Thank you for your thoughts
gavin