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Mr Nutt
Don't worry - be in contact soon to pick your brain - be fun starting from scratch I reckon
Hope life is treating you well :)
 
Manimal said:
Just spotted this - I had the same dilemma with my old CD8X. My local repairer couldn't get assistance from Cyrus either. I wasn't interested in paying over the odds to send back to Cyrus and didn't want to have it just sitting around. Took loads of photos and popped it on ebay with a full description as parts only and not working. Crossed my fingers hoping that I'd get about £50 for it from a diy'er who may want the case for a project. Bit of a flurry at the end of the auction and it went for £142. Might be an option just to get shot of it.

Ended up with an Audiolab 6000 CDT transport. Nice machine and not a mad price.
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Update: sold the CD8x and have now got a Chromecast audio, it sounded pretty good for the money (£35!) and had slightly better bass than the CD8x but was beaten in all other areas as you would expect. I'm playing Tidal through it.

Picked up a Schiit Modi Multibit V2 DAC off ebay at a bargin price and now go optical from the CCA into the Schiit. Very happy camper and both together outperform the CD8x.

So looking at the RRP prices:

CCA - £35
Schiit Modi Mulitbit - £270
PreVs2 - £600
X-power - £1000
Leema Xone - £1600

I think the 'spend most money on the source' model needs at update!
 
jules said:
Picked up a Schiit Modi Multibit V2 DAC off ebay at a bargin price and now go optical from the CCA into the Schiit. Very happy camper and both together outperform the CD8x.
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Very nice, jules. Though, I will always have an odd place in my heart for the CD8x, and the countless number I've repaired - with various levels of success & failure! :rolleyes:

RIP CU.
 
abozo said:
Very nice, jules. Though, I will always have an odd place in my heart for the CD8x, and the countless number I've repaired - with various levels of success & failure! :rolleyes:

RIP CU.
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Ha ha yes, I think there are still many people who have a fondness for this era of hifi equipment. I did have quite a few responses to the advert - it was in A1 condition and had original manual, remote (unopened), box, etc. To my eyes it's still a great looking player :cool:
 
I have sold some stuff on leboncoin.fr as they are people who like Cyrus gear in France. No fees unless you want to.
 
another ex CU member here [TheBurras]

sad to hear of its demise, pretty much what got me hooked on HiFi many moons ago

from memory started with a CD3 with q24 module

last piece of kit CDXT Signature, lost count of how many black boxes I went through :)
 
This all seems pretty active for an ex website... I haven't been here for years - but does anyone have the CDi? I was wondering if it would be worth 850 to upgrade from an 8x - any views/experience?
 
Marksw16 said:
This all seems pretty active for an ex website... I haven't been here for years - but does anyone have the CDi? I was wondering if it would be worth 850 to upgrade from an 8x - any views/experience?
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I had a CD8x as a transport and went to CDXTSE2 - massive improvement. I have a friend who went CD8x to CDi and he was impressed.
 
I used to be on the forum around 2013, always a really good place.

Just wondering if anyone has experience of the One Cast, trying to pick between that and the 8 2 Dac. The One Cast seems very functional but I'm not sure it's much more than One.
 
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ashsturge said:
I used to be on the forum around 2013, always a really good place.

Just wondering if anyone has experience of the One Cast, trying to pick between that and the 8 2 Dac. The One Cast seems very functional but I'm not sure it's much more than One.
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Not heard these components, however after much research my current thinking is to keep sources and amps separate. I say this because amps are generally mature technology whereas (digital) sources are changing / improving in a short amount of time.

Take Cyrus stuff. I've had my x-power amp for 10 years and it's still great sounding. RRP was £1000.

However my CD8x had an RRP of £1000 10 years ago and it can now be beaten my a streaming setup that cost less than a 1/3 of this price.

Similarly with DACs. A £300 Chord Mojo could probably beat any DAC below £1000 from 5 years ago.... I remember reading a post from IanMac (of filters fame) about a £150 Chinese Topping D50 DAC nearly outperforming his Benchmark DAC.

Also these £2.5k Naim streaming pre-amps are all well and good but will the streaming functionality still be supported in 10years time?

Thoughts anyone?
 
It's an interesting point. For c.£1500 there are obviously lots of options and I should perhaps emphasise the need to be single box/small profile. Family friendliness is paramount!

I agree on the point regarding a good power amp lasting a lot longer than any other component, maybe even speakers.

Like I say, the one cast covers all the bases but I just think it'll fall £500 in 6-12 months. On the other hand, maybe more than 1 "normal" size box is not currently viable. Part of me thinks just get a sonos port for the voice control and feed my tv through it as well and keep the Naim XS2 I have at the moment
 
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