Sony SCD-1 mods

[joel]

Joel,
if that's the piano black thingy I recently had a chance to play with it over here. Very disappointing sadly - the £800 Tact really did blow it's doors off. I believe yamaha are thinking of selling in the UK at £3K

Yes it is, and from the little I heard I would tend to agree with you. The technology will no doubt be coming to an AV amp near you soon.
I wish we had Tact for 800 quid. The cheapest tact on sale here is, I think, in the region of 3.5K. What do you get for 800quid?

Also bear in mind there is a time and a place for Koans.

Not an adept, I'm afraid. I'm just a Kirin swigging Pachinko chimp.

 

[merlin]

Joel,

I was referring to the new SDA amplifier, which is basically their take on typical Class D, T etc. Not great in the upper mids (a bit electronic in character), but bass control is superb and at the money it's putting a fair few overpriced "Digital" amps in their place.

With the likes of Tact & Sonateer bringing the product to the masses (along with Panasonic I am lead to believe!), the future for mid priced hifi is looking rosey

 

[greg]

Not an adept, I'm afraid. I'm just a Kirin swigging Pachinko chimp.

. Joel I do sincerely appreciate your approach. Though I cant help but keep thinking about the classic film "Yakuza" with Robert Mitchum (great film)

 

[SteveC]

The OED cites written examples from the US dating back to 1856, so apparently not. They have:

The 1856 quote comes from a newspaper, the Butte Recorder: ...

That was later renamed the ArsePod