Sir Rab of Everest

Extra Info: Looking for one or two pairs of JBL 2245H 18" Bass Drivers for a project. Will pay shipping if not local.

sale pending ...

Further Information: Includes a second Discrete power supply so that the analog and digital circuits are independently powered. The DAC and power supplies are all machined from solid blocks of billet aluminium. In addition to the standard digital inputs, the DAC also includes the best available input option: the Pro ISL optical interface. Includes Pro USB converter module which converts a USB input to Pro ISL, thus removing noise. (see https://msbtechnology.com/dacs/prousb/) Balanced XLR outputs This is the best DAC I have ever owned. I purchased it new last year from the Australian dealer. The 3 year warranty is transferable. Current retail AU delivered is 26k Mint, as-new condition. The display screen still has the protective cover on it. On delivery, I removed the DAC and extras from their packaging, put them in the rack shown, and they have remained there since. Apart from a couple of sessions playing CDs, I have only used it to receive streamed audio from a music server, so no need to touch any controls since the initial setup. I opened the sealed remote for setup but haven’t used it since. I have all of the original boxes, also in mint condition. I have not even put them in storage as I simply put them in a spare room and they are still there! I don't know if these DACs need running in, but if they do then I can confidently say it will not be run in because I have rarely used it.

Further information: DAC #4 up for sale Up for sale this time is my modified oppo blu-ray player, which i have been using as a DAC. Once modified (with amorphous core output transformers and schottky diodes), these players sound stunning (up to 32-bit, 192 kHz via USB). It was so good that I spent months trying to find a used player for a friend, but these players are expensive, and eventually I gave up! A nice feature of these oppo players is that you can use them as a passive USB or S/PDIF DAC driven by a media player or CD transport (as I did), or you can plug in a USB drive and use the oppo itself as the media player (as a friend did, exclusively). In the latter mode, I believe it can play DSD files natively. Oh, and rumour has it that you can actually play blu-rays with it too! ... and speaking of rumours, I did hear that it's easy to RIP SACDs with this thing, but I wouldn't know about such things... includes remote and oppo wifi dongle pickup preferred from Brunswick VIC, but can ship if necessary. Audition available if required.

updated to include some additional information, particularly that this is the top level killerDAC.

Further information: DAC sale #3 Up for sale is my beloved KillerDAC. This has been my primary DAC and the backbone of my GTGs over the years, which have impressed many visitors... What is it? It's a hand built, hand-tuned TDA-1541A DAC with a tube output stage, built in Australia using vintage parts selected for audio quality. GEC brown base tube rectifier, Philips SQ output tubes. [EDIT: A friend reminded me that the killerDAC came in various 'levels', and mine is the top level. Also includes huge Duelund VSF output caps, which I am told can now only be obtained special order and cost nearly $1k alone!] I'm not sure if they are even still available, but at the time one had to order one and wait - in my case, about 2 years IIRC. Last I heard, they cost about $6k. This one is in excellent condition (hmm, I should have cleaned it before taking the photos!). No scratches etc. Also this one has had unobtainium Yamamura wire added by the "manufacturer" himself. SPDIF input only, although historically I mostly fed I2S signals from a USB-to-I2S converter board, feeding the I2S signals directly into the pin sockets of the S/PDIF receiver chip (with the chip removed from its socket). [I do have a EXAU2I USB-to-I2S board somewhere if it's of interest... I am planning to sell it independently at some stage...] TDA-1541A based DACs are arguably the pinnacle of R2R DAC technology implemented on-chip, and remain highly regarded. Just earlier this year, legendary electronics designer Thorsten Loesch wrote: "If you can find a well put together DAC with TDA1541 set up for "non-oversampling" and with a tube output, that would still be my favourite." This KillerDAC is exactly that.

not really, just a lowball offer. please don't do that again; it's misleading, and seems like an attempt to dissuade prospective buyers from contacting the seller.

Further information: This is the first of several DACs I am selling to raise funds. Up for sale is a mint condition Holo May KTE Level 3 DAC. RRP is $9290, and I understand there are none available in AU right now. Have original boxes. Purchased from the local AU distributor IndieHiFi earlier this year. I understand that the warranty is transferrable. Not much needs to be said about this DAC, which is generally acknowledged to be one of the best sounding DACs available. Do your research. Stereophile: "In almost every way, the HoloAudio May (Level 3) is the best-measuring D/A processor I have encountered..." (John Atkinson)

sold (pending payment)

This the Terminator, not the Terminator 2.

Further information: Hi folks, returning to StereoNet after a long absence! This is the first of a bunch of things I will be selling in the coming weeks/months to rationalise my audio gear, post-divorce. I bought this brand new this year for $6500 from the local dealer (dacman), it is in absolutely mint condition (I took it out of the box, plugged it in, and it hasn't been touched since). still under (transferrable) 3 year warranty. EDIT: I forgot to mention that this has the new DSP board: "There's nothing this DAC doesn't support. Whether it's PCM at 1,536 kHz or DSD1024 in either 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz families, the Terminator with new DSP board accepts it." Lots of reviews on the 'net. A few examples grabbed just now: 6 Moons: "Publisher's final comment: The same reader who had initially hipped me to the brand reported on their Italian Terminator tour. "A friend wrote that two of his friends came to his house to hear it. One owns a dCS Debussy, the other an MSB Platinum IV. They brought these with them to compare. They could not believe their ears. That same friend who for good reason knows all the current Terminator owners in Italy—so far there are ten but three others have ordered one after hearing it—reports that owners of a Lector Digitube S192, Lector Digicode 2.24HZ, Schiit Yggdrasil, AMR DP777SE (me) and dCS Debussy have sold theirs and bought a Terminator. Absolute Sound: "True to its name, the Terminator eliminated all the other DACs in my collection from serious competition. It is more dynamic and revealing than any DAC I know of at even twice its asking price. New Record Day (youtube channel): "this might be the most natural and analog sounding [DAC} that i have heard." Photos: Please excuse the crappy phone pic, but be assured the DAC is absolutely pristine, mint, as-new.

@Lansche plasma guy

This takes me back. If memory serves, it was also Michael Fremer's reference preamp. I always wanted one but it was beyond my means!

Item: Auditorium 23 Speaker Cables, length at least 3m Price Range: Item Condition: New or Used Extra Info:

Item: Audience 24SE XLR cables Price Range: Item Condition: Used Extra Info: Looking for one pair of these cables. Please don't forget to report your post as FOUND when possible. (You can now delete this text).

I've been around for a long, long year Stole many a man's soul to waste .. sorry.

Jeff Day has a lot to answer for, lol

Hi folks, I am just waiting to receive a deposit, and when i do it will be on hold. - r

Further information: Up for sale is my beloved C.E.C. TL-1X belt drive CD transport. In stock form, the TL-1X is already considered by some to be one of the very the best transports ever made, but this one is even better: it has been rebuilt/refreshed as described below, and has a custom built true hydrodynamic bearing (see below for details). I hunted long and hard to find this one, imported it from overseas, and had it completely refreshed and upgraded by Leviathan Audio (details below), but I just don't spin CDs any more, despite the C.E.C. transport clearly sounding better through my DAC than my high cost computer transport (a silent PC with SSD, linear supplies running Windows Server 2019, Audiophile Optimiser, hqplayer, and Roon server sending data to an Ultrarendu powered by an LPS-1.2). I would have used the Tl-1X transport for maybe two hours in total, so frankly it's wasted on me. If the electronic components need to be run in, then they almost certainly would not have been run in yet. The C.E.C. has a brand new laser (plays any CD-R disc I have thrown at it, and of course commercial discs). It also has the 'lampizator' S/PDIF output mod. I have the original box. Although I would prefer pickup (from Fitzroy North or Melbourne CBD), I would be willing to send by courier anywhere in Australia if necessary. Mark of Leviathan Audio has refreshed and upgraded quite a few C.E.C. transports, but he told me that this one was in the best condition he had ever seen, and also that, after the rebuild, it sounded better than the others he had done. The rebuild/refresh includes the following: 1 – The Bearing. This is the heart of the mods, and took some time to work out. I press out the original “Oilite style sintered bronze bushes, and machine up a light press engineering plastic bush that runs full length of the spindle, instead of yoke style as per original. It’s then reamed and hand scraped to perfect fit. This bit is quite tricky. The brass housing then has a machined ‘O’ ring sealed sump spigot soldered onto it allowing the new sump to be oil filled. A new Eng Plastic thrust disc is machined up and then the housing is sealed and oil filled. This produces a true hydrodynamic bearing which will run with virtually no clearance and no vibration. This ultra smooth rotation allows the laser to read the disc with no vibration and gives a cleaner/more accurate digital steam, rendering the error correction circuitry almost null and void. 2 – I modify the chassis to allow the new bearing housing shape to fit into the transport plate. 3 - Strip out all original Electrolytics. It’s easy to think that they are OK because the units still works, but the servo board, power supply and control board need to be within spec to do their jobs correctly. I replace all the electro’s with high quality Nichicons. Genuine,....not Chinese copies. 4 - The Power Supply Board gets particular attention here and I use great quality Elna Cerafine 11’s here, for better tolerance and reliability. The Elnas are quite a bit bigger requiring relocation and subsequent wiring to the board as you can see in the Photos. I also replace all the bridge rectifiers with high spec Motorola Ultra Fast/Soft Recovery diodes. This helps supply a cleaner waveform. 5 – If the Tracking Belt and or the Spindle Belt are stretched, or oxidized, I replace them as a pair. I’ve never seen either worn out,...they usually oxidize and start to micro crack. I only use genuine CEC Belts. 6 – I install a WBT RCA on the rear of the unit for SPDIF out. I use silver plated solid core copper wire from the Servo Board to the RCA. 7 - new laser diode Photos:

Hi everyone, I am getting lots of messages about these cables. Please be advised that i will be travelling Tuesday & Wednesday and unlikely to respond to messages until Thursday. - r.

Item: Duelund DCA16GA, DCA20GA and DCA12GA tinned copper wire Location: Fitzroy North or Melbourne CBD Price: various (see below) Item Condition: mostly used, but some new (see below) Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: I'm selling various lengths of the Duelund DCAxxGA tinned-copper wire with baked cotton casing, as popularised by Jeff Day. I was using this wire to bi-wire my speakers but recently changed to a crossover where a single run is required. Obviously, I would prefer to sell all of it as a batch, but if nobody puts their hand up within the first few days, i am willing to separate, but in pairs only. I can't seem to find how much I paid for this wire (ordered new from Partsconnexion), but I just checked the prices at Partsconnexion, and good news for a buyer is that it's all on sale at present, and my asking prices are based on the sale prices. of course, you would need to add GST and duty and postage from the US, so I'll be conservative and add just 10% and round up, which is the number with the asterisk 12GA is USD 18/m (25% off!) => A$ 26/m -> A$30/m*, asking $20/m 16GA is USD 10/m (38% off!) => A$ 15/m -> A$17/m*, asking $12/m 20GA is 6.08/m (52% off!) => A$ 9/m -> A$10/m*, asking $6/m USED: 6m lengths: 16GA x 4, so 24m total length, would be $290 at my price above, asking $250 12GA x 4, so 24m total length, would be $480 at my price above, asking $450 - SOLD pending payment 1.46-1.5m lengths: 20GA x 4, so ~6m total length, asking $30 16GA x 5, so ~7.5m total length, $80 - SOLD pending payment 4.5m: 16GA x 1, asking $50 - SOLD pending payment plus some short lengths, I will throw in to anyone who buys the 6m lengths if they want them: 0.8m: 12GA x 2 (I used these from a xover to a woofer) Brand New, never used: 16GA - 2.3m, asking $30 - SOLD pending payment 20GA - a 50m reel less what i used above, so probably 44m .. if interested, I can unroll and measure it. OK, people are buying lengths of this, now only ~24m remaining at $8/m (because it's NEW, never used). Photos:

Item: Auralic Taurus Mk II headphone amplifier/preamp Location: Fitzroy North or Melbourne CBD Price: $900 (+ postage, if applicable) Item Condition: mint (see photos) Reason for selling: not used Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: representative reviews: "I'll cut right to the chase here and give you a spoiler: the AURALiC TAURUS MKII is among the absolute best headphone amplifiers I've ever heard. And I've heard quite a few.... The AURALiC TAURUS MKII is one of the absolute best values in the high-end, and worthy of the Wall of Fame. Editor's Note: I too have been listening to this amp for a few months and am smitten. This is a spectacular headphone amp, and I will be putting together a "Wall of Fame" page for headphone amps and the TAURUS will be among the first to populate it." (https://www.innerfidelity.com/content/spectacularly-transparent-auralic-taurus-mkii-page-2) "Tough to pile praise any higher than that. DAR-KO award." (https://darko.audio/2014/04/auralic-taurus-mkii-headphone-amplifier-review/) "It will only take a short test drive to not only convince you what a great product this is, but to also get you to forget about what’s inside the box—as it should be. And for this, we are happy to present AURALiC with an Exceptional Value Award for this remarkable headphone amp" (https://www.tonepublications.com/review/auralic-taurus-mkii-headphone-amplifier/) "Considering the sound and build-quality on offer, I think AURALiC’s Taurus MKII not only represents an impressive sonic and technical achievement, but also qualifies (dare I say it?) as a bit of a bargain. Enthusiastically recommended." (https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/auralic-taurus-mkii-headphone-amplifierpreamplifier/) Photos:

omg, this was my family turntable when i was a teenager! Great memories... - r

sold

Item: Audioquest DragonFly Red Location: Fitzroy North or Melbourne CBD Price: $220 + postage (if applicable) Item Condition: mint (but see below) Reason for selling: not used Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Selling my DragonFly Red, which is in mint condition (see photos) and basically unused... I reckon I would have used it for maybe 30 minutes in total, probably less. Comes with original packaging, also in mint condition. In preparation for selling, I just now upgraded the firmware to the latest version, 1.7. The only thing is that I have misplaced the little pouch for it... I will have it somewhere but haven't yet been able to find it. When I do, I'm happy to send it to the buyer. Photos: