conrad johnson GAT vs ACT 2 series 2

Hi Audiolui,

Totally agree with you. I would add, also having owned ACT 2, that the GAT's treble is another league entirely. i remember upon first bringing the ACT2 home (which i enjoyed immenseley) that the treble was stiff...i eventually forgot about it as i got used to the other beautiful elements of the ACT2.

Once the GAT came in, the treble of the ACT2 seemed downright chilly, not just stiff. Almost strident in comparison (almost). The GAT's treble to my ear is that beautiful, fluid, and yet far more nuanced, detailed and yes, way more extended.

Enjoy yours!

Agreed. I went from act2.2 to gat and the gat made the act's treble seem quite shrill/strident. Gat is a lot more natural, delicate with more body and a lot more gutsy bass. The sound is warmer and less steely. Also the gat makes far better sense of everything. Going back to the act2.2 it can actually sound muddled with some music compared to the gat. There is a big difference between the two imo/ime. Very different sounding preamps.

Has anyone compared the gat to other totl tube preamps from other brands ?

Lloydelee someone was recently selling a GAT for $8K and I really wanted it badly but having lost about 20% to 25% of my retirement fund in the last 2 years I really couldn’t justify it to my wife.  That said, maybe you can answer a question for me.  I need a lot of inputs in my set-up and was wondering if one could use some of the other inputs other those with the typical designations (CD, tuner, etc).  For example, there is one designated EP1 if I recall.  Could I use that for for say a tuner or CD?