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Former Cary 308T owners - what next?

I have owned my 308T for about two years and would like to "upgrade." The Cary is fitted with Telefunken. My system is the Cary into a Manley Shrimp into an Aleph 5 Clone or McCormack DNA-125 into Tyler 7u. Music tastes are all over the board. Don't want to commit big $ because I believe that servers are eventually the way to go. I would like a player with more detail and less congestion and seek more space between the instruments. Currently considering the Arcam FMJ CD36 or 37, Linn Ikemi, and Music Fidelity A5. Strictly redbook cd, no video or SACD capability needed.
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Have you rolled different 12Au7's? I found Telefunken's to do the job much better over the stockers as well as a variety of other brands.

I upgraded eventually to a Marantz SA11 S1 from the Cary. Nice difference in natural presentation and dynamics. No congestion at all compared to the 308T.
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