In Reply to: Cary 303/300 vs 306/200 posted by imnfwong on May 17, 2005 at 21:48:53:
The 303-300 is supposed to take time to read the disc, buffer 5 seconds of audio data and then play. It is part of the strategy to reduce jitter.The 303-300 sounds best with balanced outputs, IMHO.
As Sherlock said, it is a revelation to upgrade to NOS tubes: Telefunken ECC82/ECC802S, Siemens ECC82 (nickel plate), Radiotechnique 12AU7, etc.
I have had no problems with vibration. Like others, I have owned the 306-200. I prefer the 303-300 by a big margin.
YMMV
Enjoy the music.
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Follow Ups
- glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - oldvinyl 19:09:25 05/18/05 (14)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - imnfwong@yahoo.com 22:11:20 05/18/05 (12)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - oldvinyl 19:52:25 05/19/05 (5)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - Jack G 06:06:39 05/20/05 (4)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - imnfwong@yahoo.com 22:08:57 05/20/05 (0)
- 303-300 does not use an HDCD chip - oldvinyl 06:51:19 05/20/05 (2)
- How does its decoding compare to other Carys? (nt) - Jack G 07:56:20 05/20/05 (1)
- I much prefer the HDCD solution on the 303-300 (nt) - oldvinyl 14:11:29 05/20/05 (0)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - AbeCollins 15:49:14 05/19/05 (5)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - imnfwong@yahoo.com 17:53:59 05/19/05 (4)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - Sherlock 21:29:36 05/19/05 (3)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - imnfwong@yahoo.com 22:21:23 05/20/05 (0)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - AbeCollins 23:52:47 05/19/05 (1)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - Sherlock 06:18:55 05/20/05 (0)
- Re: glad to hear you enjoy the 306/200 - Sherlock 20:10:21 05/18/05 (0)