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Upgrading Cary CAD 300sei integrated

Would appreciate if Cary users could share their expirience please.
The common upgradis are power and output transformers plus caps, but which one to get? I read a lot good things about Tamura brand and may will be prepare to go for it, but are there some others for less?

From caps, Jensen's been advised by a good friend of my, but than again, which one, mean, want to keep the budget healthy:-)

Also, do you think that I have to upgrade all in once or just starting from transformers may give the huge step up already?

And last, but not least, what are the results and the total financial damage? Do you think it was worth to do or you ended up bying another amp after all?

THX
maxmad
jrinkerptdnet
430 posts
 
I THINK there is an F1 version of the 300sei like there is of the SLI-80 (if someone knows for sure, please chime in). A number of thiings are upgraded in those units but it is not inexpensive ... good news is it would be a "factory approved" upgrade

good luck!

Jeff
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dodger4
61 posts
 
leave it alone it sounds superb as it is plus you never will get back what you spend for the upgrade,,,
lacee
811 posts
 
I always felt that the remote/volume control was less than ideal when I had my 300Sei.
I tube rolled some nice Brimar 6sn7 to good effect but that was as far as I went.

If I still had mine, I would opt to run it as a power amp and bypass the whole preamp section,volume control as can be done with other integrated amps.

I've had such a great time since discovering the Lightspeed Attenuator that this thread has aroused my imagination about running one with a moddded 300sei.
brf
1,715 posts
 
Cary's website has upgrade suggestions and prices

http://caryaudio.com/upgrades.html
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