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| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Many nods for CJ. I understand. Any CJ I've ever heard was excellent. I chose the Calypso Signature and from what everyone says, I don't think I will be disappointed. I'll be sure to post when I have it in the system. | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Thanks guys I think about the Aesthetix and tube rolling. Someone made a case that the cover was held by velcro, can't remember who. Have to settle on what I like at some point, not such an easy swap out. Cary's are nice for that reason but they ... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Russ69 What AR's did you have? Just wondering. I read mostly favorable comments on AR, especially from the 5 and 6 series. Funny how this stuff goes. I think a lot of people have upgraditis. I'm not really one of them. | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? awise Thanks for this. A buddy of mine had Siemens tubes in his CJ preamp. They did a very nice job . I don't think I have any Siemens in my collection but I might. I bought large lots of tubes many years ago. I look through groups of them every ... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? atmasphere Thanks very much for that. My Cary is getting to that age, so are my amps. Next system upgrades may be the amps. I may just have them rebuilt, which would put them back in shape for another 30 years or so. I have zero complaints about ... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? There has been a red one listed for quite a long time. I've been skeptical about it. I don't know why, just "feels weird". See above, I bought the Calypso. In my search, mostly watching what TMR had, they sold the Cary SLP98, an Aesthetix Calypso... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Thanks to all who coached me here. I took the plunge and bought the Aesthetix Calypso, Signature edition. Used unit from TMR, very well priced. I'm guessing I'm going to love it. Tube rolling not as simple as with a Cary but I'll likely find a co... | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 yyz I read up on it and it does sound interesting. There was a nice long discussion about it here. It is a bit above what I had hoped to spend but I'm not ruling anything out just yet. Thanks for the suggestion. | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? I have considered the Modwright stuff but not as much. Just found less about it and have not read as much as some of the others. I'm sure there are quite a few that would make me very happy. The list of things to study up on, never ends. The MF ... | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 Retired and tony The LA4 has great test numbers and specs. As we all know, there is more to it than good specs or tests. Plenty of hot discussions about that here. The Benchmark is not exactly what I was looking for but listening to the conversat... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? decooney Thanks again. I think maybe the phono pre that I tried from MD, was Musical Fidelity, not Musical Surroundings but I'm not 100% certain. Whatever it was, it did not do it for me and I decided to stay with the Cary PH301. I just thought t... | |
| Cary SLP 98 vs Benchmark LA4 jdal Thanks. It is interesting. I may pick one up to have my son build it. He wants to learn how to do this stuff anyway. Might be kind of fun. I'll probably still be searching for something with a remote but if this thing can sound better then a... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? Hey jonwolfpell What made you sell the Calypso? | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? decooney See my above response. There really is nowhere anywhere near me to have a listen. I am 3 hours plus from St Louis, Kansas City, midway between the two. I retired here from IL 12 years ago. Lots of choices back there but it is now 6 hours... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? jonwolfpell Yes, I sort of guessed it was a figure of speech. :) Thanks for narrowing it down though. Thangs likely changed a lot for AR from the 80's to now. I just don't really get the opportunity to hear anything other than my own system. It's... |