Supratek Cabernet vs Aesthetix Callisto Sig?

Update: Jury is still out. Waiting for some good tubes for the Cabernet. Also needed to get a few hours on it as it wasn't quite broken in.

Thanks John! I'm going to email Supratek and ask if he has any customers here in Seattle. I suspect somebody around here has a Callisto Sig as well. I heard the 6 box Aesthetix rig down in San Jose but it was in a completely different system, naturally. Given the price difference the supratek may be a bargain if it is even close to the Callisto in sound.

I love my versa but am planning on re-wiring the arm soon with walker's ultra fine silver tonearm wire to hopefully solve the nightmare of adjusting the stock tonearm wire so as to not drag the headshell/cartridge first one way and then the other as it tracks. Is the 2.0 as bad as the 1.0 in that regards? Or have you re-wired yours? There is still the rubber air hose to worry about but it seems pretty flexible.

Mark

Hi Braro,

If you're interested in comparing it to the CAT ultimate in my system let me know. Or I could bring my CAT to your place. It's kind of a pain to get the CAT out of my rack though since the guy didn't put connectors for the umbilical to the power supply (it's hard wired)!

Mark

Sure thing, John. I'll let you know how the Walker Tonearm wire works too in case you run into the same troubles. Oh and I went ahead and bought the Cabernet so we'll be able to do a 3-way comparison. Tentatively planned for next weekend.

So anybody want to bring over a Callisto Sig and do a 4 way? Not next weekend for that though. I have no place to put all the power supplies until my new mapleshade rack arrives. It's coming fedex ground from "back east" so it probably won't be here for the weekend.