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Pete,I snagged an older Atma-Sphere balanced linestage around that price, but I had to hunt a long time. It was definitely worth it, especially after putting in new V-Caps. The whole AS line is all about full true balanced operation, much like BAT's philosophy though very different topologies. Love the preamp in my system though (no remote).Tom
Big Red,I am very interested in your progress. I have the Salk HT3 and just sold my integrated. I am looking at the Cherry Jr and some type of tube preamp. Can you update me where you are in purchasing the amp and preamp. I may make similar choices.Thanks,Steve
What do you think of the BAT thus far, BRM?
So far have a BAT VK 3i and Cherry Jr. and some Salks. Waiting on the EE dac. Meantime need to fab up some decent balanced cables for the Cherry. Tommy, can that silver be red?
I am only using a very old SS dac so the sound is not optimized as I also have not done any speaker placement movements due to no time and other emergencies here. I like the physical beastiness and build quality although it is all PCB and little hand wiring. I like the operation of it and feel of it. It does take about 1 minute for it to be ready per its start-up procedure. Definitely built to last and other than looks this 11 year old seems pretty healthy.
I hate this thread, as it now has me wondering if I should buy a Cherry Jr. instead of a Parasound Halo A21. Darn you, Audio Circle!
BRM:Can you be specfic, why you rate the the Cherry Jr. , over the Parasound? Seriously interested in reasons why.Thanks,Harrison
When I had the 4800A I really liked that thing and it's one of the few components I want back in my system.
I have a few more cabling updates to make and some more tube rolling to finalize the system, but that new BAT VK500 is absolutely amazing. I was like a kid at Christmas waiting to get that thing and I hustled all 105 lbs. of it down the stairs into the room last night.Wow! Just an amazing amplifier that matched my experience recently with a VK600SE. I thought the Cherry had bass - pish posh, the BAT slaughters it. Deep and controlled beyond imagination. The rest of the frequencies are smooth as silk and very easy on the ears with lots of detail. I haven't been this pleased with my sound in I don't know when. I'll update my overall system config soon.