EAT Tube Damper

Nice!!! I am expecting my next Monday!!! Cannot wait...

So I have yet to do the tube switch. But I did do the PC switch. IMHO, impressions:

1. The Stock CJ cable is DAMN good. CJ did a great job matching, and no one who is on stock CJ is really missing out.

2. I was very, very surprised going back to the CJ stock cable. A touch "louder" feeling...much in the way taking out a Power conditioner can make the sound feel loudr/more dynamic.

Very musical, really very good and perfectly happy to leave it.

3. That said, I went thru the following tracks:

- Barber Adagio for Strings
- Celtic Harp
- Clapton Unplugged (Tracks 1&4)
- Jay-Z/Beyonce (Bonnie & Clyde)
- Chaos Restored II (Deep House compilation album...excellent!)

4. In the end, here's what is making me keep the Dom Ferox C in the CJ Act 2 Pre.

- lower noise floor
- the sound feels more 'at ease' coming thru
- the detailing/resolution throughout the spectrum while retaining musicality (thru the ease of sound quality I think) is just satisfying to listen to
- Particularly on massed strings (Adagio for Strings...Barber) really benefits from this

In conclusion, the Dom Ferox B massively improved my Zanden DAC. The Ann Contego really opened up the soundstage, power and resolution of the Gryphon. The Ferox C made very, very small improvements (to my ear and in my system) on the CJ Act 2. But while I obviously want to keep the Ferox C, I could easily say it would not be (particularly) missed if I took it out.

Hope that is helpful as my own experience. I am expecting one more PAD Ferox C for my Velodyne DD18. I will say Velodyne thought it was nuts. I have tried it, and the detailing, resolution and tightness really, really improved even though the majority of the sound spectrum does not filter thru a sub at all...in fact, it was strangely better used there (almost) than in the CJ Act 2.

Next is Amperex over the Mullard 7318...I think I will do this next weekend as I am really enjoying listening, and it takes 4 hours for the Zanden to fully get up to speed. I will probably stick it in this week ad audition next weekend.

All for now...;)

BTW, Samhar, here is another way to liken what I heard (in my system with my ears) with the Dom Ferox C in the CJ Act 2. When I play Deep House on my Zanden, it sounds more like when I go to the record store and listen to Deep House on Vinyl thru a great pair of headphones. It has an ease to it that I find very very enjoyable.

Thanks Lloyd! I'm going to plug the 20th Ann in without the EP15A, I think I tried this before but just to be sure I'm going to try again before I sell the P/C's! I'm going to start writing things down again!!!
Here's my short list:

Clapton "Unplugged"--------track 13
Rachael Price "Dedicated to you"--------track 1&12
Romain "Swing Guitare"--------tracks 1&3
La Follia Salzburg " Music in Austria before Mozart---track 1
Louie Armstrong "Live At The 1958 Montery Jazz Festival-------tracks 14&17
Jose Antonio Escobar "Guitar Recitial--------track 5

Sam

Enjoy and please post your findings!!!

Lloyd haven't been able to "make myself" start pulling plugs again!!! Every time I turn the system on I land up just wanting to listen to vinyl and enjoy the music!!! I'm sure the newness of the TT system will wear off and I'll get back to messing around with equipment, a "better" phono section and then a TT and cart are in the future, but for now this "entry level" sounds surprisingly good!!! I'm probably just going to sell the 20th Anniversary PC's I know I don't prefer them with the CDP but I'll give them one shot with the TT rig!