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Lush analog sounding class D with silky top end, a marriage between Philps CD players of the 80ties with the Highend'ish Hybrid Class D power amp Fosi V3 , preceded by the Fosi Tube pre-amp P3 from 2023.
On top one of the early 100 type, the Philips CD150 cd player with a four fold oversampling 14 bit DA converter with digital filtering, the TDA1540 DAC from 1983 and still in great working order
Philips CD player CD150.
DutchAudioCladdics review CD150: www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/revi…
DutchAudioClassics TDA1540 DAC: www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/Phil…
(The TDA1540 DAC was superseded by the TDA1541 Philips first true 16 bit DAC still using the four fold oversampling and digital filtering )
Below the CD150 , the Philips CD player CD471 from 1987 with the even better TDA1541 DAC the TDA1541A R1
Philips CD player CD471
DutchAudioClassics CD471: dutchaudioclassics.nl/Philips-…
DutchAudioClassics TDA1541 : www.dutchaudioclassics.nl/Phil…
These classic 80ties High-end cd players analog output is amplified by Fosi P3 tube pre-amp with JAN General Electric 5654W tubes rounder and Fosi V3 Class D power amp with the Excellent Texas Instruments TPA3255 power chip from 2023, a happy lush sounding marriage !!!!
The Fosi's are both next to each other on the lower tray of the table, and hardly use any space since the both have a footprint of 10 x 15 x 5 cm (W, D, H)
Note: The Fosi V3 can be used alone (without the pre-amp) with the standard delivered 32V 5A power supply (160watts) , or with an 48V 5A (240watts) power supply which costs around 50,- extra.
It all depends if you use 4 or 8 Ohms speakers , see review below. I have both just in case.
The Fosi tube pre-amp P3 has besides volume pot, treble and bass +/- 6db pots , and as a bonus blue tooth.
I have the Fosi P3 preamp, but i don't use the tone-control (both in neutral), or blue tooth , i have the volume pot standard between 12 and 3 o'clock on the pre-amp, for the gain of the tube sound, the rest of the volume needed i use the Fosi V3
Logaritmic potentiometer
So basically i only use the on/of switch for the tube gain, and the rest i do with the pot meter of the Fosi V3.
For details see Fosi audio V3 and Fosi audio P3 on amazon.
Independent Review Fosi V3 by Audio science review :
www.audiosciencereview.com/for…
A british audiofile on Fosi V3 review
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSmQKp…
Amplifier ABA awards 2023,:
Muses02 op-amps.
After intensive listening the only thing i swapped are the older type of Texas Instruments NE5532 op-amps chips (operational Amplifier) for the more lush sounding Muses02 from the New Japan Radio Co. Ltd ,for its very nice wide and deep soundstage.
"The MUSES02 is a dual bipolar input high quality audio operational amplifier, which is optimized for high-end audio and
professional audio applications with advanced circuitry and layout, unique material and assembled technology by
skilled-craftwork. It is the best for audio pre-amplifiers, active filters, and line amplifiers with excellent sound"
Muses: www.nisshinbo-microdevices.co.…
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Precaution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
there are a lot counterfeit semiconductors around on the internet including the Muses02
Only buy them from one of the three official worldwide dealers !!!!!!
like nl.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Ni…
As a reference I paid around 90,- for 2 of them from Mouser in Fort worth in Texas including shipment.
Gretings Len.
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