Anyone have their Audio Aero Capitole MKII yet?

I received mine yesterday. I never heard the Mk-I in my system so I cannot address that comparison. I can say this, right out of the box with NO warm-up I have mixed feelings. My former reference was the Sonic Frontiers Transport 3 and Processor 3. This VERY early impression (which, to me, means nothing but you asked about "right out of the box" impressions) are first, that it lives up to its wonderful analog sounding reputation (this thing is less "digital" sounding than the T3/P3). Second, however, it is less detailed than the T3/P3 and, RIGHT NOW at least, its bass impact and defintion are much less impressive than the T3/P3. I fully expect this to change from all that I have heard about how it changes after burn-in.

I am running it 24/7 and have David Elrod's EPS-2 power cord on it so I expect it will be impressing me MUCH more very soon. I will write more when it really has had a chance to stut its stuff.

Again, THIS IS A RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX IMPRESSION SO TAKE IT AS ONLY THAT AND NOTHING ELSE.

Listner- We really need to wait a few weeks and let MikeL get his AA MkII he has a Linn CD-12 he is thinking about letting go if this new player is what it is cracked up to be. Looking forward to hearing his thoughts, along with everyone else when they finally show up! I guess I am not near as important as I thought I may have been, no player, which means that it most likely won't show up until the second batch shows up :( crappy digital for a few more weeks. ~Tim

I would really like to know what the differences were between the Accuphase and the Capitole. I want something to hook directly to an amp and am dying to buy something. HELP!

Regards,
Bob

Yeah Tim, I'm not that important either. I have been waiting prepaid for 3 months, but I guess a couple more weeks can't hurt at this point. My dealer got his and he said that out of the box it was not really that impressive, but within about 5 hours of playing it had changed a lot and he was really excited about how it was sounding, he said that the top end is better than he thought red book CD would ever be capable of, and that the bass was really awesome too.

I received mine yesterday (Monday) and it sounded OK right out of the box. I have a MKI and so far I like the MKI the best. Now the MKI was broken in and I was use to the sound. The MKII has more detail but is missing some of the magic as well as the bass. I have been running it overnight so I'm looking for it to break in in a few days and really come to life. I'm running mine directly into a pair of Atma-Sphere amps.