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RE: The last thing CJ is - is tubey




I have no experience with recent CJ but the older stuff was 'tubey' sounding to me. ;-) But like I said, I haven't heard any of their new stuff.

The love hate relationship with the 6H30 puzzles me. I haven't found a preamp that sounds 'right' with this tube based on my limited experience. I'm sure good ones exist but.... The ARC that I had were too lean clean with little weight or warmth in the mids. Some call it neutral but regardless, I can get that sound in almost any ss preamp.

On the other hand, the BAT preamps that I've had or auditioned all sounded a slight bit dark / rich but not a lot of top end. These ARC and BAT all use the 6H30 but they sound very different. Go figure.

I preferred the Aesthetics Calypso and the Cary SLP-05. Neither use the 6H30 tube and both are more pleasant to my ears.



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