Jadis JPS2 vs ARC REF 3 vs Aesthetics Calisto Sig

"From myself I can add that ARC Ref 3 is great preamp that is not like any other previous ARC model. It had best soundstage, imaging and bass resolution I ever heard from preamp."

Well I am no dealer and nothing to sell as the PITA Stan and Judy seeem to suggest about others but I do endorse and agree with the statement above. I love that preamp and would find it difficult to part with it

Sorry Stan, Albert has no cables to sell as I bought all of his PAD dealer allocation through 2009. And now I can sing the praise of PAD vs. all other cables as junk. By then the Jena Labs will have even more hype so I will sell all the Purist and change to this and skim off of that dealer.....of course until the next cable comes along with all the hype. Isn't this site grand! And think of all the extra little bonuses I will get....just like being an audio magazine reviewer.

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Hi Bob - If you'd like to send me a note offline, I will give you a brief writeup on what I have learned so far with the Ultimate vs. the Callisto Signature.

John

I will stick to Jadis 80mc since it already made its name to history book as one of the best pre-amp.

I spoke to two owners of CJ ART 2 preamp. They both compared CJ to ARC Ref 3. Both of them prefered ART 2. The answers were

1)"ART 2 was more musical"
2)"Ref 3 was too bright for my system"

By the way second owner prefered Shindo Giscours (US$25K) to CJ ART2. When I asked what areas Giscours surpassed ART2 the answer was "texturing, image density, frequency extension, better harmonics"