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| CAT JL-2 amp upgrade <I talked to Ken Stevens before bypassing my fuse and fuse holder and since I already have a 20 amp circuit breaker at my main fuse box we both agreed it should be fine. The 20 amp fuse was designed in for warranty reasons but in the 8+ product... | |
| CAT JL-2 amp upgrade I know what you mean regarding the Manley vs. CAT products. Both operate from totally different design philosophies. For the past year and a half I have owned the Manley steelhead phono stage and it is rich, full bodied, has nice tone and is very ... | |
| Best Solder?? Johnson IA-423 is the best sounding solder I have experience with. Lead free with a high silver content, 6.4%. Much perfer it to the WBT and Cardas solder.http://www.johnsonmfg.comJohnny | |
| Should we upgrade high end fuses? The Acme fuse holder does have a thin silver plate but the base metal is not copper or bronze. I have already done research and can find no high quality fuse holder. Simply replacing the fuse without addressing the fuse holder only gives you parti... | |
| Should we upgrade high end fuses? I have (3) HIFI tuning fuses in my system and it did make a noticable postive improvement in the sound (cleaner and more detailed) but bypassing the fuse and fuse holder all togeather (going fuseless) provides far more sonic gain. When I removed t... | |
| CAT JL-2 amp upgrade In Late 2004 I had my early model JL2 updated to the Mk II status. The biggest improvement I heard was a great reduction of noise and a much more quieter backgroud. This very postive change was apparent from the first moment I played the first tun... | |
| Broken CAT Your reaction to replacing the cat ultimate is not surprising. I currently own a Cat JL2 and perfer my Jadis JPS 2 preamp as a match with my cat amplifier. I tried the Ultimate Mk II preamp with my cat amp and thought the combo lacked body and sou... | |
| Classic Records 200g Quiex Vinyl - Who's Next Your reaction is not surprising. Based on my experiences 90%+ of reissues are inferior to the original pressing. Also the master tape of this lp is over 30 years old which also is a negative factor.The best copy I have of Who's Next is the origina... | |
| Review: Aesthetix Callisto Signature and the KT-66 Tube preamp Yes your correct Cmo that the KT66's can be expensive and could not be done for production units but what surprised me is that Jim White never experimented with his own unit to see how these tubes would sound with his own system even after some pe... | |
| Review: Aesthetix Callisto Signature and the KT-66 Tube preamp I am quite surprised that Jim White never tried replacing the El-34's in the power supply with the Genelex KT-66. If I were a designer and manufacture of a particular piece of equipment I would have tried every combination possible to obtain the h... | |
| REL is dead. Long live REL What a shame Rel is no more.I love the sound and build quality of my Rel Stentor III subwoffer.It sounds like the new Rel is going for price and market share with cheaper products. This makes it all the more likely I will not depart with my Stento... | |
| Jadis Preamps JPS8, JPS2 and JP80 Rcprince is correct the stock Jadis JPS 2 or JP80Mc does not have the level of transparency at the top as more modern designs like the Lamm however this is only the case with the stock unit. My stock Jadis JPS2 uses the awful sounding brass Cardas... | |
| Best preamp for CAT JL2 amplifier Hovland and Jadis JP S2 work well with the Cat JL2. I also suspect the Audio note preamps will sound excellent and be a good match. I did not care for the Cat Ultimate Mk 2 mating with the JL2 but others may feel diferently or have a different vie... | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps The Cat SL1 Ultimate Mk II preamp is a interesting piece of equipment. Some folks prefer it and some do not. I put myself in in later category. I recently just sold my Cat Ultimate but I know there are others which really like it. I have owned sev... | |
| Benz LP vs. Dynavector XV-1s No I am not personally familar with the Helikon. The impression I get from people that have owned it is that the Helikon is a good performer at it's price point of about 2k retail but does not compete with the LP or XV-1s. If you could find a new ... |