end of 2003 is in sight, and I've been upgrading ever since I was a child ... well, at least since I was sure that the children had left, and I could play at volumes I could never condone and not have to complain or leave the room when my-not-like stuff was on offer. I'm now into enjoying the music, but Christmas is coming. In my letter to Santa I'm asking for more music. I also could ask for something to feed the upgraditis. So comments & suggestions welcomed. After various diversions, my upgraditis has led me to: AS Transcend CD transport (converted in a Sony chasis) AS Dax Decade AudioLab 8000S Celestion Ditton 15s sitting on a 4 tier Mana stand. All but the Dittons were s/h or bought at factory gate prices. The Dittons I bought new for £110 in 1976, and now sound better than ever. They are on the 3 legged (4 spiked) Target stands I bought at the time, but now with MoPads between box and plate. The latter removes some of the reverburb I found after having the floors sanded. I've a Blue silver digital interconnect taking the Ncode from the transport to the dac, and similar for the interconnect to the AudioLab which I use in power amp mode as the Dax Decade is both dac and pre-amp. The speaker wire is not notable, and the longest run needed is 4.5m. So what do you think should be on my list to Santa? - and what's going be on yours?
