Hi to All, I have ordered a H-cat Mark III amp and preamp an I am trilled to get to hear it in my system. Probably be a month before I have it all set up but I will let you know what it is like.
Since I know Norm and his system very well, If he is this excited about a product, I know that I want one.
Thanks Roger- for attempting to explain you concepts.
You explanations are thorough, interesting, informative and helpful.
I am sure you are aware that there are those who blog just to see them- selves online so no amount of wisdom expelled will stop the questions.
Those people waste my time often and work at being annoying.
The Mark III is new and different, even different from Roger's earlier work. The past is history and the Mark III is the new world.
Cheers D
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Thank you Xaviercg, Survant, Tbg, for sharing your experience with the Mark III H-cat's! Very Helpful! Very interesting!
Thank You Roger, For you decades of effort, for you amazing products,
For you patience, understanding and wisdom when dealing with...
some folks. You are much better at "child care" than I.
One topic I haven't heard is you wonderful upgrade policy! I am much more comfortable getting something I can upgrade rather than always buying the new version. Thank you for that.
To all of those that enjoy music .
Cheers friends!
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Roger, I for one, have enjoyed you explanations very much. Thanks
for trying with the folks who are just trying to disrupt real conversations so they can be saying something, anything in public. Despite the fact that there is only 10 people reading the thread. Flies at a picnic.
Of course, hearing an amp is the only way to know how it sounds, and it is natural to ask questions. It is always best to listen to the answers instead of feigning incredulity.
I am happy to be wildly enthusiastic about you decades of effort and your inventions and have read the white paper a number of times. I saw nothing hard to understand... but I was trying to understand rather than looking for something to argue about in a rude manner, for entertainment! ??
Your further explanations left no doubt about the points you were clarifying. I appreciate your work very much! I carry an equal amount of distain for Trolls who crop up on every Topic with nothing to Add.
Good news is that even absurd questions netted interesting answers.
Thank you Roger. I anxiously await your industry changing products to arrive at my home. |
Oh Brother!!
Off topic rants cause me to glaze over.
Then I skip them and look for real information.
Thank you Roger, and all who have shared pertinent info.
"Never argue with a fool, onlookers might not be able to tell the difference" Poor Richard
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Welcome to the Geoff Kiat unwanted opinions blog
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Thanks G, next time I need still water I know what to use!
So sorry you have missed the whole point. AGAIN!!!
Sorrier that knowledgable friends are wasting there time trying to help when you are just trying to be obtuse. or worse, you ARE that obtuse!
I hope you will troll on other sights and not understand anything there.
Please Take your dumb troll friends with you.
To those interested in H-cat, I hope you realize soon... that any further communication with trolls is a waste of time, they feed on responses.
Please don't feed the trolls!!!
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Please don't feed the Trolls!!!
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AS I work on reading my system for H-cat Mark III amp and preamp,
I got in some of Star Sound's new 2.5 inch points and the inverted discs.
They are breaking in now, ( up to 2 weeks break in ) but the already have given me more dimensionality, space, and richness. It takes time for the
highs and lows to blossom fully but they are already showing improvements over the 1.5 inch Star Sound points, which are great!
I will order more soon.
Enjoy the Music
D
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DANGER!! Please don't feed the Trolls!!
ANY type of response is food for them.
please stop validating Troll tactics with further contact.
If you must act, contact Audiogon and report them.
They are happy to remove troublemakers.
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Wow! I finally got to hear the H-Cat mark III amp and preamp and was totally blown away by the projected sound. Yes, it is much realer than any amp I've ever heard. The Soundstage is impossibly rendered. Nothing like it in the world. It benefits greatly from High Fidelity Cable products and Star Sound Rhythm Racks and Brass.
Tracks sound so much better they hardly sound like the same music!
The speakers disappeared completely!!
I'm so happy I have the H-cat on order.
Cheers D
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Dale, I tried the caps when I was 12. now 55 years later i have moved on to other improvements.
Dave
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Hi philipwu, I have had HFC for a while. The cables I had with the last amp were. 2 Pro power cords, 2 URH power cords, one Pro ic, one set UR speaker cables. I have 9 Star Sound platforms and tons of their brass. I have one Schumann Generator but have ordered a second.
My speakers are custom built and my equipment is severely modified so the names would not help. I have much room tuning, a 2x DSD source being upgraded to 4x DSD.
I am fortunate to have heard the changes in Norms system over the past few years also to help me analyze.
The Sound of the new amp is mesmerizing!! More realistic than I could imagine, Soundstage wider and deeper than ever. Mk III redefines quiet, re invents image solidity, overflows with musicality, involvement, micro detail and pure enjoyment. It's very hard to stop listening!!
Cheers D |
Hi Philip,
I can say that I have never heard any amp as good as the MK III.
(nearly 40 years in audio).
So far it seems as if the timber balance realism and timing or spot on.
Although Not fully broken in yet, the clarity, musicality, and amazing soundstage has me mesmerized in front of my system 12 hours a day lately. The amp is reported to have a 3 week break in at least but it is already performing in ways I could not have imagined possible. Most 3 diminutional sound envelope ever.
Dare I say, AN ABSOLUTE STEAL at this price, and risk a run on these amps? Last time I checked, there was a wait time for the amp.
I felt like there was no risk in buying one because I know people waiting to get one. Now that I hear it I know why no one has sold theirs.
I hear that Roger is working 7 days a week to get these out while continuing to work on recording studio components with Mk III technology.
I think you are correct about this amp and PRAT. SO far it excels there.
Cheers D
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Philip, I was re reading xaviercg's post from page one before the troll attack. Now that I have the amp with a few hundred hours on it I can say that I agree with his assessment.
I look forward to your report after 200 hours...(if)..
Cheers D
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Knghifi, In my experience the really good stuff is often hard to get.
I think persistence is a better tac than "oh well!" Call 'em back!
It took months to get my amp and waiting is hard for me.
I could not be more thrilled with my H-cat Mk III amp now that it is here and broken in.
Cheers
D
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Major jump in performance yesterday.
Two days ago my system was sounding the best it ever sounded.
Folks who hear it said it was hawkin ridiculous!
Yesterday I did some adjustments and got a sound worlds better than the day before!
Have you ever had an improvement that made you want to listen to EVERYTHING you ever heard over again? This is that, in spades!
I heard new stuff yesterday on albums I've listened to for 32 years.
Soundstage like nothing I've ever heard anywhere or could ever imagine possible. I must agree with TBG and others, -- the Mk III has no equal!!
Totally Thrilled!! Thanks Roger!
Cheers D |
Mark III has a very long break in time, maybe 700 hours, but will sound intriguing right away and darn good in a week or less, and get much more refined from there. |
cashcamp, Congrats Brian. I cannot imagine you not being absolutely thrilled with the Mk III AMP. I believe one could pay 10 times this amount and not get what this amp can do.
It takes more time than I liked to get my MK III but I am so happy I got it.
Roger is a one man company so I would not be surprised at 8-10 weeks delivery time.
Fabulous amp! I recommend Synergistic Research SR Black fuses for the amp, as well as Star Sound Technologies, Rhythm platform and High Fidelity Cables.
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Report after break in of the MK III Amp. WOW!
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My system has been gifted with a number of major refinements of late.
Key to this is my MK III Amp!
"servant" said on page one that he has the amp and pre but has never heard them..?
Now this makes sense as there is no detectable coloration, not even an audio system now, Just Music!!
Folks are beyond helpful words to describe, using terms like, frackin’ ridiculous, sic, stupid good, impossible, beyond belief etc.
How does that help? ;-)
I listened to Joni Mitchell’s “Blue" (1971) and Dylan’s "Blood on the Tracks” (197?) last night and felt the emotion. Got misty.
Although only copies of my old CD’s, I was having trouble at times distinguishing from real.
I’ve finally got to the point of sound where it tricks the mind into perceiving reality. The holy grail of music!!
so.... pretty good then. ;-)
FYI- my CD's are converted to 4X DSD.
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Cashcamp, I quit using CD's finally about a year ago and only deal with them to record to my hard drive. I am using highly designed and customized, discrete component, 4x DSD system from Archiving Vinyl in Canada. It has a HDD, server and a "DSD DAC/preamp" which connects to my MK III AMP.
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Cashcamp, Any work on your new MK III Amp? |
I look forward to you reaction to the amp when you do get it!! |
My Mark III amp continues to amaze and thrill us with 3d imaging and an uncanny sense of live music. |
I Got to compare the Mark III to the Mark VI Amp at Norms yesterday and it was great!
After one hour of playing it surpassed the MkIII in detail and image.
Also improvements in sibilance and more natural highs.
I believe the upgrade consists of improvements to power supplies and adding another separate ps.
I want one!!!
D
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did I say mark VI, I meant MK IV .
from hear on referred to as MK 4
I will let you know how it sounds when I get one at my house. |
