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Cary CAD-300SE Signature Mono Amps, upgrade

Hi all,

Anyone with experience on the Cary Cap Bank ie. CA300SE?

I am hoping to upgrade on my Cary CAD-300SE Signature mono amps and have read that this addition can make BIG improvement.

Any comments?

Also, I plan to upgrade all signal path caps in the Cary monos with the venerable V-cap or M-cap supremes or silver/oil in the future. Is it worth going down this path or would it be more worth it to persue another 300b amp altogether, ie, Coincident 300b Frankenstein? Note that these 300b's are used in a bi-amp system with the EAR 509mkII's. Cary 300b's works with the EAR's, Audion 300b's didn't.

p.s. I like the sound of the Cary 300b's although some may claim they sound warm and coloured. That may be true, but I like the sound regardless. The Audion in comparison sounds thiner and more detailed - still nice, but I believe that you can enjoy music for much longer before fatigue kicks in.

Regards,
David
linnmaster

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brf
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I upgraded the caps in my Cary 805 with Mundorf M-Cap Supreme Silver & Gold & Oil and it was money WELL spent.

A good friend of mine changed the caps in his 805 to V-caps, and after hearing mine with the Mundorfs, he had his technician swap out the v-cap for the M-caps.
brf
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Hey Linnmaster, my friend V-caps were well burned in. V-Caps and M-Caps are both excellent, it just comes down to a matter of taste. Cary amps seem to favor the oil caps.
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