pubul57
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| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Ken Stevens, the designer and manufacturer of CAT equipment, once told me that a parts manufacturer (I think they were resistors)asked him what "flavor" of sound he wanted from the resistors (warm, bass-oriented, etc.). That is, these parts could ... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? The Placette has arrived. I don't and won't rush to judgement - I plan to A/B with the CAT for 2-3 weeks. I can say that it is certainly competitive, and on first blush I think it might be better. I do not notice any diminishment in bass or dynami... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Still waiting, but maybe they'll arrive today. Atmasphere. let me ask you a question. If you could design a passive preamp, choose an appropriate source with just the right output impedance, select the cabling to be used (for appropriate electrica... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? I'm still waiting for my Placette, which should be here this week. Just for the record, my IC from the Placette to the amps will by 1M Cardas GR or 2M. Guy, Mr. Placette, thought I would have no problems with the cables and my equipment. He also s... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Thank you Atmasphere. I think this will prove to an interesting experiment for me. Of course if I prefer the Placette>CAT to the CAT>CAT I imagine (hope) that it will not be due to bad synergy. Does your view suggest that an integrated ampli... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Tbg, I will definitely not give up on the CAT that fast. On the amplifier side, I keep bringing in challengers to the JL2 and while I like trying new stuff, I find that the JL2 is clearly superior to any othe amp I've heard (all these other amps (... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Yesterday I ordered the Placette Remote Volume Control with a 30-day trial. From my discussion with Guy, it seems the impedance issues are ideal for a passive approach. I'm very interested to see if it betters my CAT Pre, not only is it $7,000 che... | |
| Passive Pre - No Regrets? Thanks for all the answers. I did not even know what a TVC was before, so of course I had to do some reading. This issue of electrical compatiblity seems a bit difficiult to grasp. So I throw it out there. The output impedance of my Audio Logic DA... | |
| Jerry Ozment has a new dac out... Jerry said the 24MXL was ugradeable to the 34MXL. He had not yet established a price for the upgrade (two weeks ago). He said by the end of September he would have a better idea on the time and cost for the upgrade. | |
| Speakers to hang on to for LIFE I just don't believe I'll ever hang on to a piece for life. Currently I own and love the Merlin VSM-MX, and I feel totally happy with them, but, I had the same feeling with my JBL L19, Polk 10, Energy 22s, Proac 2.5s, my Alon (now Nola) Louts SEs,... | |
| Convergent Audio JL2 Triod Amp MK II Upgrade Just a short comment on CAT customer service. I own a CAT SL1 and JL2. Recently I dropped my pre "face first" while moving the equipment. All the switches were broken. I called Ken, sent him my pre, and in two or three days it was repaired on its ... | |
| CD Player versu Dedicated Transport Audphile1, I have not tried the ARC CD in balanced mode. The DAC is single-ended, and my CAT pre is as well. For reasons I don't quite understand, I've heard that in the case of the 24MXL DAC it sounds "better" in single-ended (they do make a bala... | |
| I need help choosing my next tube preamp. What amp will you being using? | |
| CAT Ultimate/Tube rolling Does the tube used make an auditory difference in the cathode follower slots (V5, V10)? | |
| Perfect linestage for Quicksilver V4s or Triodes? It has been a few years, but when I owned QS Monos I matched them with Audible Illusions 3A (it inclued a phonostage)and it was quite a good pairing - but I don't know that it would be any better than sticking with the QS preamp. What is your budg... |