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Mark Levinson 23.5: camac or RCA?

Hi,

I just bought a 23.5 and I have camac connecors. My interconnects are RCA to RAC Audioquest Colorado (I do not want to change them).

1) IYO, should I convert the camac to RCA connectors on the amp.?

1b) what type of RCA would you suggest (I generally like WBT products-would it be a good choice in this case)?

2) If I keep the camac, should I modify my Colorado the make it a RCA to Camac cable?

My preamp is a Conrad Johnson pv14sl2

My source is a AudioNote DAC 2.1B.

I like all kinds of music.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Pierre
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moemoney's avatar
moemoney
158 posts
 
Just put the shorting pins in the Balance input of the amp pins 1 and 3 then go with RCAs the straight to the output of the Pre. you don't need any adaptors, they only degrade the sound.
moemoney's avatar
moemoney
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As I remember my 23.5 didn't come with CAMAC, as I remember only the "27" and "23" came that way. the ".5" were Balance and RCA only.
tabl10s's avatar
tabl10s
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The 23.5 was all RCA IIRC. I've had Camac's adapter's($60 ea)when I had cables that were half-n-half. Adapter's are like second-class citizen's.
microstrip
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The original Lemo adapter sold by Mark Levinson is very well built and will not degrade the signal more than the thousand tweaks you are not using in your system :-) . IMHO using the adapter is better than re-terminating the cable with Lemo connectors that usually are not suitable for thick audio interconnects.
Anything you change can degrade performance, but the real question is how much?
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moemoney
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If you check the Manual for the 23.5 you will see that they state you should do it the way I stated above, also from what I remember regarding the 23.5 that amp did not come with Camac connectors, but I could be wrong. its been a long time since I had that amp but I do know Krell (which is my present amp)does it the same way. and I think Ayre amps as well.
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