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Originally Posted by Briz Vegaas
Sounds like the G3 with Devialet. Not awful, unless you were the other guys in the room who were not kind, but not right either. Mind you last time I liked that persons system he had Classe amps and a MacBook Pro up front. I used to love his sound back them. I actually wondered about the Aurrender. Every system is the sum of its parts, that's why I started this thread.
Puma disliked the B1s he heard, I easily prefer mine over the G3 systems I have heard so far. CJ tubes and one of their pointy end preamps, A Naim source, particularly with A big outboard power supply and reference Nordost cables are the key I suspect. It's the sum of the parts. It nothing like Puma's B1 experience, yet I don't doubt his comments or opinion.
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Interesting, Briz....the G3s sounded great with VTL tube gear and I can easily image the B1s would as well (especially C-J!). IIRC, the B1s were set up with a Luxman SS integrated....but I suspect the real culprit was the set up and the room (this was the first CA Audio Show at the Crowne Plaza venue near the SFO airport, which was a dreadful hotel).
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