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Has anyone compared Synergistic XOT and XOT Carbon transducers?

I been using the older model XOT a few years now and I'm wondering if the newer Carbon XOT is any better. I found the XOT has a minor improvement on the upper range especially when it comes to female voices. 
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ozzy
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The XOT carbon has more of everything that the original XOT brought. More detail, dynamics etc.

But be careful when used with tube amps, I think they change the impedance and were not good with my tube amps..

ozzy

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ronrags OP
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Ozzy,

I haven't had any problems with the original XOT with my Primaluna Int amp so hopefully I won't with the newer model. Thanks
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I called the dealer where I purchased the original XOT and he didn't think it was worth the upgrade which I found surprising. He wanted to know my current equipment and thought it might make a very small improvement since the older model pretty much does the same type of noise filtering. I appreciate his honesty and opinion but I guess like any tweaks it comes down to the quality and the synergy with the equipment.

68pete
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I did upgrade from the older XOT to the newer carbon and there was a slight increase in sound for the better.  Not huge just sightly noticeable.
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Pete, looks like your results are exactly what the dealer stated. I also called Synergistic and they suggested I try the Migs 2.0 in lieu of upgrading to the newer carbon XOT. So I received the Migs today and plan to do an extensive review with various genres of music and types of recordings.
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