larry_yo
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| Original vs. imitation ; MC275 vs. Cayin A88T Here is my follow up to my original post. After tube rolling the smaller signal tubes of the MC275, it's a winner! NOS tubes made a big improvement. The Cayin couldn't match the air of the Mac. I also listened to the bigger Cayin A100T, but still ... | |
| Original vs. imitation ; MC275 vs. Cayin A88T Upon extensive AB'ing I've changed my mind. Setting up my speakers properly made a big difference: imaging gained considerable depth with the Mac after I moved speakers out 2ft from the wall. Strangely I did not get much improvement from the Cayin... | |
| Detailed sound? Real? I thinks that's going too far, and although that may be a working definition for some in a very narrow sense, it's not very useful. "Live" music would be slim slice indeed for that camp. I believe a more usable definition for "live" is any music w... | |
| Original vs. imitation ; MC275 vs. Cayin A88T Buconero117, My speakers are AZ Adagios, so we seem to have comparable rigs... I'm very interested in your take of your other amps. How does the bigger Cayin compare to the A88T? Does it lose any detail or is it just a bigger brother? Have you hea... | |
| Original vs. imitation ; MC275 vs. Cayin A88T Thanks for the input. I will give the Mac a fighting chance. What's surprising is that swapping the power tubes between the two made no difference. The Cayin tubes (at least 1000 hrs and have lost a bit of lushness since 9 months ago ) didn't chan... |