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Old 12-30-2018, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tdelahanty View Post
The electronic geek in me always wins-out too. Reliability and horrible point to point wiring always discourages me from purchasing tube gear. Back in the 70's I had to repair every piece of AR tube gear I purchased. The CAT preamp sounds wonderful and is very reliable, the power-amps not so much. I've worked on a few. Ken Stevens (in my opinion) seems to choose sound quality over reliability, not so with military gear.

Any way I talk too much, suffice it to say I don't like my work (test/t-shoot) to intrude in my audio hobby.
I don't know the CAT equipment very well. Tube gear can be reliable, until a tube gives up. I have a tube pre amp now. A Copland CTA-305. Sounds absolutely great especially for the money. Is unbalanced though. Measures very good as well. But I still think my best update starts here.
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