jaudere
Well-Known Member
I would like to share my thoughts over my journey through music systems over last 3 years. To make it less boring, I will split it into multiple posts rather than writing single long post. Becomes easier for me as well because I usually write on my mobile.
Let me write it flash back style.
Right now, I am using Sony Xplod car cd player paired with open baffles at my home(some people may shudder after hearing this). I am comparing it with Marantz pm6002 and my sony dvd player.
I am trying hard to miss something. How can a 20k(amp+source) compare with a 4.5k amp -source combo? I have been unsuccessful till now.
I definitely like the sound with the car cd player. Only issue is that it heats up a lot. If it has no problems after prologed tests, in all likelyhood it will become my main amp-source combo.
Why i chose car cd player?
I wanted to try an amp with low wattage after completion of my high sensitivity open baffles. Topping was going to cost 4k. It is supposed to be good but Doesnt have remote,pre out.
The car cd players are 50w max per channel into 4 ohm. They are roughly 22w rms into 4 ohm. So they will be 11w rms into 8 ohm. Quite close to Topping. At 4.3k i was getting cd player with remote,pre out in addition to the amp. So I went for it. Had it failed, i always had option to put it in my second car which does not have cd player. I already had 12V 10amp DC Transformer(cost 1700). So in 6k in total i had a some amp-source.
The good thing about car cdp pre outs is that they are variable. So in case I add a sub later,the sub volume can be controlled by the head unit itself. It is S Mosfet amp. I dont know what it means(I know Mosfet but what is S in that?) but it has a chip which looks like the Tripath chip. So probably it works on same principle as that of the Topping. Of course it does not mean it will give same quality of amplification but at least the principle will be the same.
I have already told my listening impressions. As compared to my marantz pm6002, I am not missing anything.
Let me write it flash back style.
Right now, I am using Sony Xplod car cd player paired with open baffles at my home(some people may shudder after hearing this). I am comparing it with Marantz pm6002 and my sony dvd player.
I am trying hard to miss something. How can a 20k(amp+source) compare with a 4.5k amp -source combo? I have been unsuccessful till now.
I definitely like the sound with the car cd player. Only issue is that it heats up a lot. If it has no problems after prologed tests, in all likelyhood it will become my main amp-source combo.
Why i chose car cd player?
I wanted to try an amp with low wattage after completion of my high sensitivity open baffles. Topping was going to cost 4k. It is supposed to be good but Doesnt have remote,pre out.
The car cd players are 50w max per channel into 4 ohm. They are roughly 22w rms into 4 ohm. So they will be 11w rms into 8 ohm. Quite close to Topping. At 4.3k i was getting cd player with remote,pre out in addition to the amp. So I went for it. Had it failed, i always had option to put it in my second car which does not have cd player. I already had 12V 10amp DC Transformer(cost 1700). So in 6k in total i had a some amp-source.
The good thing about car cdp pre outs is that they are variable. So in case I add a sub later,the sub volume can be controlled by the head unit itself. It is S Mosfet amp. I dont know what it means(I know Mosfet but what is S in that?) but it has a chip which looks like the Tripath chip. So probably it works on same principle as that of the Topping. Of course it does not mean it will give same quality of amplification but at least the principle will be the same.
I have already told my listening impressions. As compared to my marantz pm6002, I am not missing anything.
