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Originally Posted by PHC1
Stephen, I owned and enjoyed an EAR/Yoshino Acute 3 tubed CDP. It was very musical but there is no way I can compare that sound to the Schiit Gungnir/Gumby DAC. Gumby by far is the more resolving, dynamic and accurate DAC than what was inside the EAR Acute CDP. I think they renamed the Acute tubed to "Classic" now.Both sound very analog and musical but comparing Gumby to the Acute is like comparing an Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor to a Boeing P-26 Peashooter from the 1930's.
Gumby is the modern sound, resolving, accurate yet analog smooth while the EAR Acute was the "old school" let's charm them with tube warmth and lushness type of sound, dynamic contrast and details be damned.
Now, EAR has some new CDPs and even a four PCC88 tube DAC and those I have no idea of what they sound like.
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Nice evaluation, Serge. The key point I was trying to make was that in additions to Jason's designs, both CJ and E.A.R. can produce both either tube or SS products that seem to be very close in overall sound quality to the "other" amplification device. In other words, their tube amps/preamp are clean, fast and neutral, and their SS products are sweet and mellifluous.
Tim's phono stages are pretty nice, BTW. But, you knew that...
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