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OK...let me switch the direction a little bit, and ask this: I saw a 2300a, good price...but the faceplate wasn't in such great shape and that put me off it a bit.
I know, I know...the faceplate doesn't have anything to do with the sound...lol; but we all want pride in ownership, right? How hard are faceplates to come by..and what do they tend to run?
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J/K; I certainly don't mind doing my own homework. OK, straight from the mother-site: 2300 released in '93, a-revision done in '95. 2250 and 2500 released in '98; a-revision presumably done around '00. So the 2300(a) is the oldest of my 3 contenders, but it has the same power rating as the 2500(a); it's just a matter of do I prefer MOSFETs or the bi-polar transistors. Well...someone want to tell me which I prefer...lol And if I'm not mistaken, the 2250a has an IEC socket? Is it possible they only did this with the 2250a, and not also the 2500a from the same series?
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Hi CD,
Glad to see you made it over here. Told ya this was the best C-J forum around! Cheers, PC
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CD,
I know the CA-200 is out of your budget for an amp; but Ron's suggestion really is the best one for your needs. If you were able to sell your other preamps, including the Belles, the McCormack, and the 150A, the questions is would that allow you to buy a CA200? An example: if you've spent $2700 for a NAD M3 to try out, you could have put that money plus selling the other components towards a CA-200 and be under budget. -PC
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I prefer MOSFETS, but I don't get a vote on CJ election day. That privilege is reserved to Messrs C & J, who say the current design is better. If they were stupid, they wouldn't still be in business all these years, so I would go with them I may just like the slightly creamier sound of all MOSFET designs. Others mileage may vary....
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One argument for Mosfets back when was the thermal issues with bipolar, but here we are now back to bipolar. I was a collector of the old Marantz 22XX receiver series, originally reported to sound like crap due to the bipolar outputs, now 30 years later, everyone wants a 2270 with the original old Motorola bipolar outputs. what a fun hobby. |
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Guys, good advice...one and all. I've learned plenty; like...I need a raise, and where to set my sights once I get one.
PC, I hear what you're suggesting about the CA200; if I were to just stop f***ing around with all my other crap, and sell-off the McCormack RLD-1, Belles 21a, Belles 150a half-a-Hot-Rod...and this newly acquired M3 (which I didn't pay anywhere near $2700 for...just for the record); I could likely swing a CA200. I've read the excellent press...including the Tone Audio review, where the guy calls it just short of a Premier 18LS, and baby Premier 350 rolled into one. High praise indeed, and food for thought. The problem is...I like all that other crap too...lol; and as I'm just wading into C-J, it's hard to essentially say "let me give up the system I've built to this point...in its entirety...and just replace it with this single box from C-J". Sure, if the end result is it would sound better, then I guess that's the end-goal; but it's a tough call to make for now. I'd have to bite off the ~$3500 first...and then figure it out. Like I said...food for thought. In the meantime, sounds like a 2250a might make a really nice...inexpensive...mate to my Belles pre, and that would allow me to wade-in to the C-J world. What...didn't you tell these guys what a hand-wringer I am?
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