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| Best double live vinyl? Live Rust - Neil Young & The Crazy Horse Live! Bootleg - Aerosmith Exit... Stage Left - Rush | |
| Any song recommendations for testing purposes? Hotel California is actually one of my favorite test tracks, but I don't use the studio version. I use the live version from 'Hell Freezes Over'. I especially like the intro leading up to the percussion (which I think it's a conga drum). On a... | |
| What is your favorite cover? Come Together - Aerosmith I also really like the album "Cover Girl" by Shawn Colvin, which are all covers. | |
| Warning for Revel lovers Interesting thread indeed. Sorry OP for your experience. I can feel your frustration. What I found really interesting about this thread is that I never thought about how these big corporations buying out these highly valued brands and complet... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Great. Thanks. Lots of choices out there indeed! I'm sure I will have a ton of questions for you guys when I'm ready to explore this tube rolling pastime. | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Great. Thanks for the info! | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Thanks @avanti1960 for your tube recommendations. I'll definitely keep that in mind. There seems to be so many options, and my head is spinning already. 😀 | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hey @decooney, thanks for the suggestions. I did read the Ultimate Upgrade description on the Cary’s website. I’ll keep your EH 6SN7 suggestion in mind. I’m sure I’ll get that itch one day to try out some tube rolling, but I know very little abou... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hey @decooney, 1) Yes, it came with the same EH tubes as the stock unit. 2) I haven't opened the chassis to check the capacitors. I know nothing about capacitors so I wouldn't know what to look for anyway, but I'm pretty sure they did install... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression @ghdprentice, thanks for sharing your experience on break in. I'm definitely trying to give it some time. Will try to report back if my impression changes after it settles a bit. @testpilot, interesting experience here. It does help calm my... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hey @jdub39, I did get my replacement unit last week, and it’s still burning in. I took @decooney’s advice and decided to add the ’ultimate upgrade’ before they shipped the replacement. Knowing my own shopping habits, I know for sure I will get th... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Thanks for all the comments. @immatthewj, the JC2/JC5 are the pre/power amp combo that I’ve been using before replacing the JC2 with my new Cary. It was simply mentioned for comparison purpose. @pwerahera, I am still very green on vacuum tubes. ... | |
| Should I upgrade the cable of my Line Conditioner? @audphile1 I was just curious if it's necessary to use an upgraded power cord for the line conditioner. Since the job of the line conditioner is to supposedly generate 'clean' power, why bother using an expensive power cord to feed it 'dirty'... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hey @jdub39, congratulations! I think you'll be happy with the JC2/JC5 combo. I recently upgraded the balanced cable between the 2 units, and it made a huge difference. Check out this thread if you are interested. I went for the Cary to satis... | |
| Cary Audio SLP-05 First Impression Hi @jdub39, the answers to your 2 questions are yes and yes. To add a little more color to the 2nd answer, the Cary does seem to go a little deeper in bass, whereas the JC2 seems a little more punchy in some areas such as the drums. Cheers! |