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RE: It was crap

I along with too many others read Sam's review. I headed right over to my local Radio Shack, bought one early afternoon and returned it 3-4 hours later.
I had CAL DX-1 CD player, the bottom of CAL's line. The 3400 may have been a good portable player, but it did nothing impressive in my, at that time mid-fi system. I think I had the top of the line, at that time, Rotel 990 preamp with either a Dynaco 400 or Crown DC300, speakers were Klipsch LaScala or AR LST. I had both amps and I either played separately or together, the LST's sat on top of the LaScalas.

My regret is that I never matched up a tube amp with the LaScalas. I was just transitioning from Stereo Review specs are everything, to actually using my ears. But the day of the 3400 was all ears, and Sam.

I may of had the CAL Gamma dac, but didn't have the cables to try the 3400 with the dac.

I read Sam, I liked Sam, but I never trusted his reviews after that. It did nothing well, plugged in to an actual audio system. It may have been an above average portable, I never owned one to compare it to.

And then all the tweaks, pwer supplies to improve it. Was not money I wanted to spend on such a poor starting point.

I don't know about giant killers, but the increments between really good and great get a lot more expensive when you reach a certain point. That last jump can be quite costly.

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