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Joe, congratulations! PC has been trying to get me to get one of these, but I refuse to buy until I hear. None that I know of in my (Portland) area. Where are you in ID? Might have to fuel up the plane and come have a listen! The way you folks talk about this unit, I'm getting more and more interested.
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Maybe the cat is finally outa the bag regarding this unit.
I bought mine about 3 years ago after a 5 minute audition in my home.
I was primarily looking for a "one box unit" that sounded OK. This was to simplify my audio gear and sell off all of the tubes and gear that I was accumulating. I was lured by simplicity, but captivated by the sound of the CA200. |
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nz022... Welcome!
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Welcome! Thanks for the comments and I'm glad you like yours. This little box sounds great. I can't wait to use my ET5 with it and see, err hear what that does to the sound. Glad to see you here. Joe |
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I've never heard the CA 200. I bet I'd love it if I heard it. My comment was re my ET3 - but it should be taken in the context of break in and not applied generally to CJ gear. Besides as we all know its system dependant - I bet when I get my actives going and my Mytek (which has a sonic signature much like your Lio 8 - which I have owned - ie transparent) in there it will work beautifully. Cheers Andy
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Totally understand, not trying to use your words against you or CJ, I am a slow listener (Ha!) so it works for me. Seriously, now that you mention it, I do get a very slight sense of slowness for lack of a better word, but I want to call it relaxed as in "non-fatiguing". I was playing this thing for 12 plus hours straight yesterday and never felt the need to shut it off or walk away because I was tired of listening. For me that is a very high praise. I do think you are correct about being "system dependent", everything matters, and matching sources to an amp and preamp is very important. I think you will be very happy with the ET3 in the long term, as I am already with the CA200 and I still have a ways to go, I think, for ultimate break in. Enjoy the ride! Joe Last edited by joeinid; 12-01-2011 at 07:30 PM. |
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Shoot! Here I was all jazzed to hop in the plane and head over! Sounds like you have yourself a great musical piece in the 200.
Enjoy!
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Sorry Maybe we could send it around the country on a listening tour.
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So, how's the CA200 doing today?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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