Well now I'm thinking to upgrade from my lovely Cary slp98p anniversary/oil caps preamp. I did some tests and I need these: more more dynamics, bigger soundstage, more slam, and most of all better high frequencies and transparency. Do you think Cary 05 will bring these qualities? At first other reference famous top preamp brought most of these sound upgrades but lost the musicallity and also seemed bass boosted kinda loundness. The other parts of the system "hear" all the differences so this part of the chain (preamp) is crucial.
So the question is can slp 05 deliver this over the slp 98?
Personally I found the Joule Electra LA-100 MkIII to be a significant step up from the SLP-98 which I also owned and was able to do a side to side comparison. The Joule will cost you less than the SLP-05 as well.
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