AJL999 Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 Item: Densen "Cast Amp" - Power amp + DAC + streamer Location: NSW 2257 - will post Price: $1,500 REDUCED TO $1,350 Item Condition: Excellent - near new Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal, COD Only Extra Info: Densen’s “Cast Amp” includes a 60w / 120w into 8 / 4 ohm stereo amp, a high quality DAC and is designed to be used as an “all in one system” when teamed with a digital streaming source such as a Google Chromecast Audio – which I have included in the sale. Use your phone as the control unit. Or…..use any digital optical source with a volume control to drive it. Better still, it can be used “stand alone” as a power amp using the analogue RCA input and a normal preamp – which was how I was using it. I believe this may be the only such unit in Australia, and it’s less than a year old and barely ben used. In the attached link it’s priced in the UK at UKP 2,895 – which is over A$5,000!! I purchased this direct from the Aus Densen importer, but in the end I was only using it as a power amp, so not really using its full capability. I ended up opting instead for a more powerful 200w / channel Class D power amp, so this Cast Amp is not being used. That said, it’s a really wonderful sounding bit of kit – as you’d expect from Densen. No box (as I got it) but I will package it well for transport. $1,350 cost includes a near new Chromecast Audio puck, cables, postage, insurance and tracking inside Australia. Price reduced from $1,500. http://densen.dk/index.php?page=densen-b-castamp http://www.8thdimensionaudio.com/product/densen-cast-amplifier/ https://hifipig.com/densen-releases-its-first-streamer-the-cast-amp/ Pictures:
MultiplexMan Posted February 17, 2019 Posted February 17, 2019 How do you select source with this amp? I am more interested in using it as a power amp for a single digital source.
AJL999 Posted February 17, 2019 Author Posted February 17, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, MultiplexMan said: How do you select source with this amp? I am more interested in using it as a power amp for a single digital source. See picture of the rear. Bottom left there is a toggle switch marked "INPUT SELECT". Up is "RCA Input", down is "Cast Input". Use RCA Input if you want to use it as a Power amp and simply plug into the L/R RCA inputs. Switch to CAST input to add a single digital source using Densen's Optical input. Eg: The Chromecast unit I have bundled with this gives it capacity to steam in Spotify etc using the optical unit, and your phone as the control unit. In this mode the Densen acts a the DAC and amp, with your phone acting as volume control. Or.....add a streamer such as Yamaha WXC-50 which can stream in pretty much anything to the Densen via its Optical out, and has a builtin preamp and also a remote. I have include a link to the Densen site where they outline more abou how the unit works. Suggest you read that to get more detail - such as how to upgrade the DAC later it you want. Edited February 17, 2019 by AJL999 1
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