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Congratulations Tim and good call on the difference between the Ref 5 and the SE. You did well to buy a broken-in dealer's demo since not only did you save money but the SE won't have to go through the pain of break-in which takes >400 hours. I traded my well-used Ref 5 for a new Ref 5 SE and so didn't experience the improvement right away because of the inconsistencies in the sound of the SE out of the box. Now after a couple of thousand hours it is great and you have that to look forward to. It just seems to get better with age.
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Congratulations. I upgraded my GNS modded Ref 2 to a 5SE and couldn't be happier.
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i can share my experiences between the REF5SE vs REF5.
I was lucky to audition for a month a dealer's demo unit REF5 with over 600++ hours on the unit. It was very well broken in. I paired this w/ the REF75 and i really loved the sound. So much that i ordered the REF5 SE. Today my REF5Se arrives and out of the box, with zero hours, the REF5SE easily wins over the REF5. Here are the differences: a.) ref5se== very effortless sound, smooth b.) more open and detailed c.) refinement is a notch or two higher, its cleaner, clearer d.) bass is not as strong as the broken in ref5 but i think due to break in issue e.) the new 5SE is sibilant, again due to break in issue The Ref5 is a great pre-amp and definitely i can live with as I enjoyed with it in the month i had it with me. But the REF5se is clearly a level or two higher... Worth the jump between the two pre-amp but by all means, the REF5 is still a great pre-amp !!! I will report here again after 100 hours... i will enjoy the process!!! |
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Congrats on your new 5SE!
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congrats on new 5se. After you break it in, you will most definitely find a stronger low end from the 5se and more corporeal presentation. It's mainly the caps baby.
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You'll need more than 100h to get where SE is going, before 300h it's all over the place, LOL!
That is of course if it is with white Teflon caps. |
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