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A. A. Capitole owners - what's the next step??

Hello to anyone who has owned or auditioned the Capitole MK II or III player. I have owned a MKII for a couple of years now, and have always been very impressed with the sound, but now have the upgrade itch.

I want to make sure my next player is AT LEAST as good as my Capitole (obviously, would prefer an improvement in some or all areas!).

What suggestions can you give me? BTW - I prefer to stay with something that has it's own volume control, like the Capitole, and only have standard "redbook" CD's.

Thanks to any & all.
denf
islandear
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Contact Ken at Globe Audio re upgrade paths. BTW, the SE upgrade for the Mk II includes internal implementation of Symposium vibration attenuation as well as better caps and cryo'd tubes. Downside is that break-in requires a few hundred hours.
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mattheus
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Try Metronome stuff. Much better than AA in my system...
islandear
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Mattheus, did you mean to suggest using Metronome as one's transport? I notice that you're using an AA DAC in your system. Just curious.
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mattheus
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Hi Islandear,

I use Metronome T1A transport and Metronome C1A DAC ( I have to change the pictures of my system... ) which replaced the AA Prima mkII dac. The C1A is much more analog and smooth sounding without loss of detail. The soundstage is bigger and resolution is higher. I never expected that the AA would be outperformed that way...I am using a fiber optic digital cable (Krell at the moment, but ordered Aural Symphonics Optimism v2 ) which can't be beaten in terms of detail and musicality (in my system).

Renaat
islandear
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Mattheus, I'd certainly like to hear that combo, particularly with the Kharmas. My only previous experience with Metronome are earlier, one-box iterations. I auditioned several one-box cdps and one trans/dac in my system before settling on the Capitole. BAT, Parsifals, Nirvana and the AA combine well, so I can only imagine what your combo might bring to the equation. BTW, still running Nirvana?
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