July 7, 2012

  • Simaudio CD3.3X, Part 15

    Most of the country was unaware of Great White's Once Bitten.  But it enjoyed popularity, here on the California central coast.  Its blues-based rock fit in with foggy towns, such as Half Moon Bay, Montara, Pacifica, Daly City, San Bruno, Colma, and San Francisco.  It was compared to, among others, Led Zeppelin, but it sounds more like a Robert solo effort, such as "Big Log."

    My friend ACS lived for many years near the coast.  I not only hung out and stayed over at her homes, we visited places along the coast, such as beaches, bowling alleys, salons, shops, zoos, piers, and restaurants.

    Several audiophiles saw that I had shown ACS' bras.  They learned that ACS liked to walk around topless. They observed that ACS was very comfortable in going topless at nude beaches.  "Take it off!" shout the audiophiles.

    Several audiophiles asked me if I had any nude photos of ACS.  Yes I do.  No, you're not going to see them.  But I shall take the top off of the Simaudio CD3.3X.

    The CD3.3X's innards consist of one motherboard and the CD drive.

    In 1987, when I had mid-fi, it never could get the bassline of Great White's "Rock Me."  I even gave up, and got a Yamaha NSW-2 subwoofer!  One reason why mid-fi was deficient in bass was the lack of adequate power supplies.  The CD3.3X sports a light blue toroidal transformer, above average in size for a CD player.  Note that the CD3.3X is a full and powerful (but not overwhelming) sounding player.  But what audiophiles want to know, while professional publications won't tell 'em, is that the CD3.3X uses a single 5x20mm 0.2A slow blow fuse.  Now, if one of you wants to send me your after-market fuses, please volunteer

    Now standard in the current-production 360D, but a $200 option for the CD3.3, is the balanced XLR analog output.  As you can see, it's more than just the XLR male jacks.  There's a small circuit board (a) perpendicular to the motherboard, and (b) holding up the XLRs.  You can see the parts laid out for each phase.  This is in contrast to my old Muse Model One Hundred and B&K Pro 10MC, both of which were not differential; they simply added phase splitters, routed to pins 2 and 3 of the XLR jacks.

    I know you're disappointed that I haven't shown my female friends topless.  My female readers will just have to be happy with this topless photo of me.