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| CAT JL-2 amp upgrade I just purchased the CAT JL2 and am also trying to determine from people who have had the upgrade to Sig to describe the improvements and quantify the improvements (obvious improvement, subtle improvement, etc.). The person I purchased the amp fro... | |
| Sonic difference between the CAT JL2 Sig & CAT JL3 Good post John, I am of like mind. I am trying to do this right at the least expense possible (used) and relax and listen to music for a decade or so. I have decided on what amp and pre I will use, the amp: CAT JL2 or JL2 Sig and Emotive Audio Epi... | |
| Sonic difference between the CAT JL2 Sig & CAT JL3 Sirspeedy, I never had my Ascents upgraded (I was never aware there was an upgrade). I know that they made the umbilical cord go directly into the speaker cabinet on later models. I liked the fact that I could remove mine and use three short runs ... | |
| Linn Components Henry, of the three amps you auditioned, Gryphon, ASR, Dart,which did you like best and why?Bart | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps Bombay, if you followed Ken Stevens advice you would still be using the stock tubes. Have you considered the cost differential between the stock tubes and Teles or Amperex may be the deciding factor in Ken Stevens tube selection?The 6922's or 12ax... | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps I have to agree with John (Jafox) on the sonic qualities of the CAT U2. I am hearing similar strengths and weaknesses to those he describes. I value a liquid, musical, melt in your ear three dimensionality over dynamic slam (it would be nice to ha... | |
| Sonic difference between the CAT JL2 Sig & CAT JL3 Sirspeedy, I purchased the pair of Ascents that Michael Gindi used to write a review for Sounds Like magazine. I really liked that mag and Gindi's reviews, too bad they didn't last long. Bill Wells who I think published that mag bought the pair Gi... | |
| Sonic difference between the CAT JL2 Sig & CAT JL3 Thanks for that comparison Klinerm. There was another poster, David Shapiro, who owned Osiris for four years and ended up with the Boulder 2060 amps driven by the ARC Ref3which he said was a match made in heaven. I guess the Ref3works well in diff... | |
| Amps for Avalon Osiris CAT JL3, Boulder 2060, Dart Sirspeedy, this may surprise you but I thought the Ascents got slightly hard sounding when driven very hard. I suspect that the amp was the cause of that not the speakers. I was running the amps in full triode. I have only recently discovered they... | |
| Sonic difference between the CAT JL2 Sig & CAT JL3 Brian, I spoke with Lucien (PR for Avalon) and he informed me that he had heard the Osiris driven effectively (not high spl's) by the twenty something watt Audio Note Ongaku.The speakers are a very benign load. I should have spoke with Lucien befo... | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps I spoke with Ken Stevens for about an hour and a half today.We spoke about many amps and preamps but mostly his in relation to others. He told me that his preamp is amoung the best and the best at it's price point but there were preamps that were ... | |
| Do tube dampers improve sound? Steve, thanks for allowing me to return the teflon tube dampers and exchange them for the nickel dampers. You have integrity that is too often missing in high end audio.I also enjoyed talking audio with you for at least an hourwhen I purchased you... | |
| Amps for Avalon Osiris CAT JL3, Boulder 2060, Dart Sirspeedy I'm glad you responded to this. We have a lot in common. I lived most of my life in NJ and owned the Ascents for about 15 years before purchasing these. I hated to sell the Ascents but I finally had a room that was too large for them and... | |
| Tube or solid state amp or amps? Jafox here is a a cable tip you will thank me for if you try it. Stealth Indra IC's and Dream SC's and PC's. Easily as impressive as a MAJOR component upgrade. Once heard you will stop cable shopping.Bart | |
| CAT Preamps vs Amps I guess my comments will be somewhat redundant. I have owned the CAT Ultimate MK2 (linestage only) for about a year. I found the CAT with stock sovtek tubes to be awful.Agressive, edgy and downright uncomfortable to listen to.Replacing them with A... |