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Wow what a system. I'm only surprised by the Cary CDP. IMHO he can do better with Ayre, Resolution Audio, Esoteric or Naim.So George are your audio wheels spinning trying to figure out how to get to parity with your friend? Jim
As for my system, I am not sure how to possibly get parity and maintain a "reasonable" budget.
I don't know if you consider $11k "reasonable" , but here's a darTZeel amp on Audiogon. FWIW, I spoke with the US distributer for darTZeel a while back, who in turn put me in touch with a fellow who'd recently had one for review (and ended up buying it). He told me the darTZeel amps are indeed special, but accroding to him, the at-the-time unreleased darTZeel preamp was the single best audio component he'd ever heard. He opin ...
Want to hear the real kicker? The preamp and amp are connected by a $20/meter 50 ohm cable. Yup, $20 between two $20,000 components producing mind numbing sound. George
On the 5A's....Their look reminds me of the Ohm and KEF speakers from awhile ago....gotta admit...the Salk's look better. [/list]
Unfortunately, even if I could spend the $11k on the amp, I don't think it would be a good match for my 86db efficient Salk HT3's - the amp simply wouldn't have enough juice to get the job done.
You name it and this system was SOTA in that area!!
.........Want to hear the real kicker? The preamp and amp are connected by a $20/meter 50 ohm cable. Yup, $20 between two $20,000 components producing mind numbing sound. George
Ah, the L-COM CC142B BNC Cables. My L-Com cables just arrived, too bad my preamp is crossing the atlantic or possibly still in switzerland. Of course, both the amp and preamp were designed to use the 50 ohm impedance matched transmission connection. Should be interesting to hear how the Silversmith Palladiums compare to the $50 L-Com cables.