Has anyone compared the sound of the newer Cary AE-3 MkII to the previous Cary AES DJH Super Preamp? The earlier model also has point-to-point wiring. How about the AE-3 MkII?
I haven't heard the DJH, but I have the MKII and I like it very much. Stock tubes and all. I find it to be transparent enough to satisfy, and the bass to be good feeding a SS Monarchy amp with quick cables.
I get great musical enjoyment from it and haven't felt a desire to roll tubes and chance messing up a good thing.
Ssglx, When I had the DJH pre I tried other tubes, but found the stock tubes best when driving a Pass Labs Aleph 30 'class A' amp, like your 'class A' Monarchy amp. I can't wait to be able to afford the MkII pre and build my tube system up again.
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