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In Reply to: RE: Optimus CD-3400. I should never have got rid of it. I would have saved myself a lot of pain. Nt posted by geoffkait on August 07, 2016 at 13:31:34
I would equate the 3400 to today's PS-1 according to the press.
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I along with too many others read Sam's review. I headed right over to my local Radio Shack, bought one early afternoon and returned it 3-4 hours later.
I had CAL DX-1 CD player, the bottom of CAL's line. The 3400 may have been a good portable player, but it did nothing impressive in my, at that time mid-fi system. I think I had the top of the line, at that time, Rotel 990 preamp with either a Dynaco 400 or Crown DC300, speakers were Klipsch LaScala or AR LST. I had both amps and I either played separately or together, the LST's sat on top of the LaScalas.
My regret is that I never matched up a tube amp with the LaScalas. I was just transitioning from Stereo Review specs are everything, to actually using my ears. But the day of the 3400 was all ears, and Sam.
I may of had the CAL Gamma dac, but didn't have the cables to try the 3400 with the dac.
I read Sam, I liked Sam, but I never trusted his reviews after that. It did nothing well, plugged in to an actual audio system. It may have been an above average portable, I never owned one to compare it to.
And then all the tweaks, pwer supplies to improve it. Was not money I wanted to spend on such a poor starting point.
I don't know about giant killers, but the increments between really good and great get a lot more expensive when you reach a certain point. That last jump can be quite costly.
Yes, a piece of crap indeed. Only I kept mine in an attempt to find the magic. Ended up giving it away I think. Eventually replaced it with a Parasound CDP which was a welcome relief. The only thing I could figure was there may have been a few different contracted manufacturers of the 3400 and some of us ended up with duds.
Thanks! for sharing- Jeff.
we know that these guys receive "rewards" for favorable reviews.
Are you high? They don't get rewards. That's so goofy.
sure they do, I did not want to mention terms like, payola or kickback...
Like you know.
The CD-3400 inverted polarity. Not a minor annoyance IMO. The mods I had done to mine included correcting that deficiNcy. I also had the outboard power supply. Of course you hVe to tweak the thing. You have to tweak everything!. The tweaked/modded 3400 was actually a very musical sounding player. Period.
Sam, didn't mention polarity in his great discovery article. At least I don't remember it being mentioned.
I can reverse polarity on my current dac, and it is subtle. The 3400 just wasn't competitive with even the most basic CD player.
I heard nothing that made be think this has potential. My DX-1 was so much better.
I actually owned the 3400 and can report it sounded excellent. It's a Giant Killer. You know, like the Oppo 103. Like anything else these things MUST be modded and tweaked to sound their very best. Isn't that what high end audio is all about?
Trust me, the Radio Shack CD-3400 in it's stock form reverses polarity.
Excellent points! Dave and Jeff.
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