I spoke to two owners of CJ ART 2 preamp. They both compared CJ to ARC Ref 3. Both of them prefered ART 2. The answers were
1)"ART 2 was more musical"
2)"Ref 3 was too bright for my system"
By the way second owner prefered Shindo Giscours (US$25K) to CJ ART2. When I asked what areas Giscours surpassed ART2 the answer was "texturing, image density, frequency extension, better harmonics"
1)"ART 2 was more musical"
2)"Ref 3 was too bright for my system"
By the way second owner prefered Shindo Giscours (US$25K) to CJ ART2. When I asked what areas Giscours surpassed ART2 the answer was "texturing, image density, frequency extension, better harmonics"