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Biggest impact on you?



Curious: I’ve gone through a lot of gear over the years. In reflecting upon this, a Conrad Johnson MV-45A1 power amplifier I bought back in 1983 had the biggest impact on me. This includes consideration of the many preamps, speakers, cables, CD players, and so on that I’ve owned through the years.

Has that piece been the best I’ve ever had or heard? Absolutely not. But, it was the first high end piece I’ve owned and it wowed me big time. Ran it with Vandersteens, CJ’s PV4 preamp, and a Sonograph TT – loved it!

So, what component (power, pre, speaker, TT, CD, etc.) has had the biggest impact on you?
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I remember three separate times having a piece of gear added to each of three different system have a major sonic impression on me.

The first time was adding Cary's CD-308 player to a AES tube preamp w/ Pass labs power amp. The next time was adding the Classe' CA-100 power amp to power my DIY SEAS Froy III speakers. The last time was adding Altec Lansing Model 15 horn loudspeakers to my AES tube power amp.

There is also a forth experience, and that was removing a piece of gear, and this is the most profound. Removing the preamp and running a source direct to a power amp using its variable output or with use of a Luminous Audio passive preamp.

Each time this one piece or kit transformed my system.
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