April 28, 2015

  • Simaudio Neo 260D, Part 4

    When I met ACS in the late-80s, way back in high school, her ripe rear end stood out. A few years later, when we were in college, ACS visited me at UC Santa Cruz, on Valentine's Day 1992. Versus her pressure cooker UC Berkeley, the laid-back and sparsely-populated UCSC made ACS relax. I'd seen her before in shorts, capris, skirts, tights, and jeans. Because she was fully clothed, her big butt was usually a vast expanse of fabric, only interrupted by pockets. Upon setting foot on the UCSC campus, ACS was at ease. So when she got to my apartment, she took off her clothes, went around naked.

    In sports, I had hit and pummeled ACS' ass before. In turn, she used her big butt to box me out, hip check me, and sit on me. When all of us played football, and ACS and I were on the same team, she liked to be center, while I was QB. From taking the snap from her, I had touched her (clothed) butt before. But V-Day '92 was the first time I got to see ACS' fully naked moon. Turns out, her rear was full of details.

    In the summer of 1992, a whole bunch of our friends went to San Francisco's Rossi Playground, to play softball. As our side was leaving the field, to go up to bat, ACS for whatever reason singled me out. She was wearing blue jeans shorts. She turned her back to me, stuck out her butt, and asked if I could see any (menstrual) blood.

    I kept staring at her big rump, up by the pockets scarcely covering her butt cheeks. I didn't see any blood up there. I did not know I was supposed to crouch or look lower, not at her butt cheeks and butt crack, but under her crotch. That must have been a peculiar sight, me looking as though I were sniffing ACS' crotch. But no, for the record, none of her blood soaked through to her jeans shorts.

    I know you'd like a closer look at ACS' rear, but instead, let us pay closer attention to the Simaudio Neo 260D's rear.
    IMG_1837
    The base price is $2000. For an additional $1000, you can get the Neo 260D with four digital inputs, thus making this a CD player & DAC. The optional DAC section starts off with two S/PDIF coaxial inputs, on RCA jacks. Next up is a Tos-link input. Finally, there's a USB input with galvanic isolation.

    For that USB input, Apple computers do not require a driver. But if you have a Windows-based computer, you will need to go to Simaudio's website, and download the "Moon USB HD driver."
    IMG_1838
    The Neo 260D sports two digital outputs. While it does not have an AES/EBU digital input, it interestingly has a balanced digital output. And it also has an S/PDIF output on RCA jack.
    IMG_1839
    And now we finish off the rear (get your mind out of the gutter), by recognizing the 15A IEC input. Yes, that means you can play around with after-market powercords. More on those later.