Will the new C.A.T. LEGEND be the ultimate preamp?


Talked to Ken Stevens and he is about to unveil a new all out assalt preamp called the Legend.He said it will be a bigger difference between it and the ultimate than between the jl1 and the jl3.The 4 main changes are teflon boards,dual volume conrols,black gate cap. and about 15 more pounds of damping.Any further info would be helpful.

Thanks
System/Avalon Diamonds
C.A.T. JL 3 Sigs
C.A.T. Ultimate
Transparent Opus
Basis MK v
Graham 2.2
Koetsu Onyx Plat.
strapper211

Showing 1 response by rfogel8

I talked to Ken yesterday for about two hours. The replacement for the Ultimate 2 is called the Renaissance. It retails for $7995 line only and $9995 with phono which also uses the step-ups, teflon boards and a couple other changes I don't recall. He said it was a pretty significant improvement over the Ultimate.

He's quite proud of the Legend and as previously described, it is another step or two above the Renaissance. I've only heard it at CES which means nothing but having owned an early SL-1 Sig, Sig 2, Sig 3, Ultimate and Ultimate 2, I have a pretty good idea of what he's achieved with the new models. Always very good stuff!