mrmb
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| Wadia 302 CD Player- Into power amp directly ? In my rig, inserting a Supratek Chenin preamp between my Wadia 861 and CAT amps. made a significant improvement. | |
| What readily available LP's should I consider Rushton et al., thanks so much for the recommendations. While your suggestions will cause my wallet to grow much smaller quite quickly, the sources and specific lp suggestions are exactly what I had hoped, and are certainly appreciated. | |
| ESS and Heil air-motion tranformer - any thoughts? Still have my AMT-3's ("RockMonitors") from the 1973/74 time frame. Their configuration consisted of the Air Motion Transformer, a 5" mid range and (2) 10" drivers. Up until a few years ago, they were used in a HT system, but are currently in my s... | |
| Wadia 861 Owners... I've used my 861 with both ss and tubes (Levinson and CAT). Both work well; however, I recently inserted a Supratek Chenin preamp into the mix, and with my system, the 861 sounds MUCH better with the Chenin, than without! | |
| Review: Convergent Audio JL-2 Tube amp Congratulations on your find. Folks whose opinion I value highly, have said that CAT's are the best push-pull amps they have heard, and come close to equaling or exceeding the best SET designs. While there is no "best" anything (trade-offs are alw... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century I would like to thank all the contributors to this thread. Based on your observations, and friendly repartee, I ordered a Chenin, and just received it this weekend, and all I can say is, WOW Â what superb esthetics, and glorious music. As far as ... | |
| Amplifiers:A Keeper for Life. Do you know of one ? I second Purul57's CAT advice. His suggestion that their 100 watts will drive most any speaker, is accurate. My JL-1's are driving fullsize Soundlab stats, and the SPL compares with my former Mark Levinson 336 @ 350w. | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century IÂm seeking suggestions about interconnect length.Having ordered my Chenin a couple of days after Saint2, I'm eagerly preparing to hear from Mick that mine is ready.Because I ordered the Chenin to re-start spinning vinyl after a long hiatus, I'm ... | |
| Best Player or DAC: ceiling $3k Resolution Audio Opus 21 (new). Suggest a demo. trial from the manufacturer. I believe the most you're out for 30-days is $150.00. I'm not familar with the other units, but the Opus 21 lives up to its "resolution" moniker, and it can directly driv... | |
| digital front ends w/ preamp capabilities? Suggest you search the forum for your answer. A recent thread was entitled: "cd players with volume". While opinions vary on either side of this question, the consensus of what I've read, seems to favor an excellent pre between CD, and amp; howeve... | |
| Nordost Blue Heaven to SPM Reference A few years ago I tried the Red Dawn's, Blue Heaven's, and SPM. I agree with Ryder the jump from Blue Heaven's to SPM was significant ..but so was the cost. I opted for Harmonic Tech's at that time (prior to any advertising/reviews), because of th... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Ecclectique et al: Thanks for your kind remarks and helpful comments. Count me as another prospective Supratek owner. Yep, I just ordered a Syrah (Chenin). As with other comments in this thread, this buying unheard, is a leap of faith, but one, I ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Thanks for the cogent and very helpful replies. Indeed, the same should be said for Mick. I e-mailed him just prior to my above submittal to this thread, and he replied in well under FOUR (4) hours -- impressive!Ecclectique: Thanks for mentioning ... | |
| Preamp Deal of the Century Whew, after the better part of last evening and this evening, I just finished reading this very profuse thread. Having enjoyed its eclectic and congenial repartee, I do appreciate all the contributions, but I have a few questions.I would consider ... | |
| What's the Best Speakers use with the CAT JL2/SL1? Oops, thought I had found their "new" site, thanks for the correction. |