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REVIEW: Canary Audio CA-601 MK-II Preamplifier Preamplifier (Tube) Review by bryan at Audio Asylum

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I had the opportunity to audition this preamp in my system for a night. I had been using a passive unit for my cd player but I hate listening to digital through a passive unit. With vinyl, I love passive units. The Canary unit really smoothed out the overall presentation of the cdp and I enjoyed listening to it, compared to using the passive unit. I noticed the following positives: more depth, more body, fuller sound, nice layering from front to back. The things I didnt like were: bass wasn't as deep or as tight as I'm used to, the highs were rolled off slightly, and I expected a little more warmth in the mids. The above should be taken with a grain of salt since I only had this unit for a night and there could have very well have been synergy issues with it and my system, and most definetly I could have got better results by tweaking the setup/configuration. As well, the stock tubes were current production Sokteks and I'm sure tube rolling might have really improved the performance of the unit.

The build unit of this beast is outstanding. The audio circuit is hard wired and the parts look to be very good. The PS looks pretty beefy and it is on a circuit board. The fit and finish on this unit is first rate.
I was very impressed with the build of the unit, and I'm sure under better conditions the performance would impress me as well. It has some potential that I didn't have the opportunity to exploit.


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Topic - REVIEW: Canary Audio CA-601 MK-II Preamplifier Preamplifier (Tube) Review by bryan at Audio Asylum - bryan 13:54:21 03/16/01 ( 14)