2. amps-preamps
  3. 1085632311

Do all Cary amps have a 'Cary' sound ?

I've spent time quality time with vintage Mac amps, Audio Research, Counterpoint, Quicksilver, Music Reference and others, but I've never heard a Cary amp.

Is there a signature Cary sound ?

Or is there a wide variation between all the models they've produced ?

They shure do make some nice looking amps, I'm very curious how they sound.
nickword

Showing 2 responses by john_tracy

john_tracy
343 posts
 
Sheldon60 - RCA 5U4GBs were the offending tubes. Mullard 5AS4s set things right.
john_tracy
343 posts
 
Also consider, any tube amp that uses little or no negative feedback - and Dennis Had doesn't believe in it - will take on the caractor of the tubes used in it. Feedback will help force an amp to be more linear; a non-feedback design relies on the linearity of the tubes it is using. Example: with the right NOS tubes my SLI-80 went from being a nice little integrated to a sublime little integrated. The wrong choice in rectifier tubes gave it a piercing, hurt your ears quality. The right ones put me in audiophile nirvana.
More to discover