jafox
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| Reference DACS: An overall perspective Yr44: I was at KaDeWe in 2002 and that was quite an experience to walk around and see virtually all of the top notch products from around the world. But after 5 or 6 floors and a great lunch, it was time to go. If only I had known they did high-en... | |
| Reference DACS: An overall perspective I have the Manley Ref DAC from the late 90's and this fits right in category 2. Only wish it had a little more low-end extension. But for now, it is a keeper. | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps Art, I have been waiting to hear back from you and JD as I thought you were going to bring over a bundle of power cords. Fortunately I got my system up and running again last night after tracking down a bad tube in the Io. Still I have a noise iss... | |
| Lamm LP2 and WE417A tubes Wow! $500 for just a pair of EL34 and 6 12ax7's for the PS? Something is very wrong with that. I just put in a pair of EI EL34's and 6 EI 12ax7's for a combined $98 in the Io and it sounds mighty good. I must try the same with the Callisto which h... | |
| Lamm LP2 and WE417A tubes Herman: I too have an older Io with one PS and still it is wonderful. It was quite a step up from the very nice BAT VK-P10 in the ways of portraying a more open and realistic 3-dimensional presentation. But with Albert Porters' posts here on sugge... | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps One thing I forgot to mention in my novel above was that I first heard the JL-2 with the Blowtorch line stage. This pairing had far far more resolution and dynamic contrasts than I will ever have with the Aesthetix. I suspect for you ultra transpa... | |
| Lamm LP2 and WE417A tubes Wow, interesting indeed.I have not heard the LP2 but there has been so much praise by virtually everyone here who has either owned this or heard it that I would love to hear it vs. my Io. But maybe the Io would stir up less emotion (of the non mus... | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps Strapper: Thanks for the details. Bombay: Yes, I like to whine a lot. | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps Ok ok, Ill chime in. Aolivieros last statement was just too tempting to resist. Theres been so much written in this thread that I want to address. So Ill stir up the pot here a bit which I do regularly anyway. 8-)I have owned the JL-3 Signatur... | |
| CAT amps comparison, continued Well guys, if you can wait a few months, hopefully I will get back to Chicago around December with my JL-3 Signatures and get a chance to hear them vs. the JL-2 and the Atmasphere MA1's driving Sound-Lab U1's at EssentialAudio. So hold tight.John | |
| CAT SL-1 Ultim. Mk2 vs Manley Steel. for CAT JL-2 Ubglub & Schorly: Glad to hear my ramblings were of some value to you both.Brian: Yes, I would like this much. With the tight schedule at work through the end of Nov, it looks like Dec is the earliest I can get down your way. And a stop to vis... | |
| whats the biggest mistake you made? I have a few to share:Sold an ARC SP-10 years ago as I was sure the LS2B was the ticket to refinements across the board. What a total disappointment that was! Meanwhile, it took an incredibly expensive purchase of the PH2/LS5 to get the SP-10's mu... | |
| CAT SL-1 Ultim. Mk2 vs Manley Steel. for CAT JL-2 Ubglub: I have not heard two different CAT amp models in an A/B comparison. With all the praise of these amps over the years, I finally had to hear what they were all about. Upon first hearing the JL-2 in Brian's system, I knew they were indeed sp... | |
| CAT SL-1 Ultim. Mk2 vs Manley Steel. for CAT JL-2 Incredible timing - I see that while I was typing my response, Brian replied here. Ah, the psychic powers within us. 8-) | |
| CAT SL-1 Ultim. Mk2 vs Manley Steel. for CAT JL-2 Ubglub: I have no knowledge of the JL-3hc even though this site lists it as a CAT product model. Perhaps this is the JL-3 Non-Signature that Brian at EssentialAudio has mentioned a few times here. But at $10k, I have to believe that would be per a... |