I appreciate the comments and expressed concerns much of which have been part of my own thinking. And i realize that in the opinion of Cary staff they thought the voicing would would be a generalized most appropriate sound for the end users. The fact that they decided on solid state rectification, though, must be based on some reason of sonic improvement. In any case, it ultimately must result, good or bad, in change which can only be good or bad in the opinion of each individual. Most in this hobby seem, or at least claim, to believe that listening tastes are so individual, no single component or combination of pieces can be the most appropriate for everyone. As much as I appreciate the Cary I’m not convinced that it fits me perfectly so if there is some way to achieve that goal it makes sense to me to find it. To the extent that I understand it, changing to ss rectifiers will not result in anything more than faster response and not an increase in sustained power increases to the various internal components, trying the ss rectifier seems like a relatively safe experiment. To avoid the initial surge, use of the Variac that I discussed earlier should accommodate that concern. I’m not an expert in any sense of the word so much of this argument is based on assumptions. That being said, I invite any comments that may keep me from doing something likely to be regretted.
