Who's spent time with the Cary CAD 120 S amp?


How do you like it? Is the sound still in the Cary "family"--i.e., warm, with some tube-oriented bloom? How clean are the highs? Any sense of roll-off? In triode mode, does it lose out in the bass, or does it still seem powerful? Any clue whether it would drive some Harbeth M30's pretty well?

Many thanks.
eweedhome

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No responses? Hmm. Well, I can answer my own question now, because I heard one, on my own speakers (Harbeth M30's). Played in triode mode only, and compared to a BAT VK75SE. Warmer and "tubier" than the BAT, with a softer top, but a little lacking in top-end definition (in comparison). Disappointing lower midrange and bass...lack of definition in that area was more noticeable to the point of being problematic. The electric bass on my Edie Carey album was very mushy...the notes were there, but the timbre was substantially indistinct compared to the BAT, and also to the VTL ST150 (triode mode only) and ARC VT100, both of which I use at home.

Pleasant enough, but not what I was looking for.