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Cary CAD 300sei.........underated?
I think my 300sei is probably the single most impressive audio component I have ever heard............
I've never heard anything more transparent, and I've heard a lot. I think, for the dollar, it's a bargain.................. |
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Believe that is true for all of Cary's tube integrated amps. Love my SLI-80.
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sitting here listening to Emilie-Claire Barlow through a Sli80 into Marten Coltrane 3's..... simply awesome
i think most Cary gear is underrated ...... Maybe its not dear enough? |
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You may be right about the price. There is an SLI-80 that was recently updated to F1 for $2K on one of the listing sites. That's cheap.
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Glenn... Canton Reference 9 Clearaudio SM Pro Focal Bathys JLA 10" Dominion Kuzma Stabi S w/MC & MM Magnepan 1,7i McIntosh MA8950 & MR88 Oppo 203 Roon Nucleus Rose Hifi RS150B Shunyata Gemini-4 Sony ST-A6B, TA-F6B, ST-J75 & PS-X75 Sorane SA1.2 & TA-1L Stillpoints LP1v2 WW Pt, Au & Ag |
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I had one dealer tell me, "Oh yeah, there's better stuff out there, for sure, are you ready to mortgage your house?" LOL
He said there's nothing even near it for the money...... |
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Definitely underrated. I recently purchased a CAD300SEI for my home office setup, along with Omega Compact Alnico monitors. It sounded so great in that setup that I had some of my audio buddies over to hear it. For that I hauled it down to where my main setup is, and more for fun than anything else connected my main speakers to the Cary integrated. Amazingly, the Cary handled these speakers beautifully. My main system's speakers are Wilson Audio Sabrinas, rated at 87 db sensitivity and, more critically, a nominal 4 Ohm load dipping to 2.53 Ohms at 139 Hz!
After I do some tube rolling (just got some NOS Sylvania 1942 JAN VT-231 tubes for the drivers), I'm seriously thinking of moving the Cary to my main setup and selling my ARC Ref 6 Preamp and D'Agostino Classic Stereo amp! Vocals through the Cary and the Sabrinas were just magical! And the bass was surprisingly tight and musical as well. But I just got a response from Cary Audio that for about $250 they can add subwoofer left and right channel outputs to the CAD300SEI so that I can continue using my JL Fathom subwoofer. |
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Hi, I m the happy owner of sabrina paired with devialet200. Are those amp you are referring to How is the dynamic, clarity, details,transparency ? Thks Last edited by Masterlu; 05-19-2018 at 04:19 PM. Reason: Links to sales/auction sites are not permitted. |
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I directly compared the Ref 6 to the new LS28 and there was no contest between the two: https://www.stereophile.com/content/...e-preamplifier And if you've never heard a D'Agostino amp driving Wilson speakers, you owe it to yourself to seek it out. http://www.theabsolutesound.com/arti...reo-amplifier/ The Cary is definitely more musical in the midrange, and seems to have sufficient oomph to drive the Sabrina's to a good level. What I still need to evaluate is how it compares to the current setup for bass, upper frequencies, and imaging. I previously had the Classe Sigma AMP5 driving the Sabrina's, and while that's a very good amp, I'm still not fond of class D amps. |
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When it comes to "Mid-range magic" the 300sei will beat anything I have ever heard.
A tweaked 300sei is a "Giant killer". It's almost unfair what low powered tube amps can do. |
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CRJCapt - have you upgraded your 300SEI? |
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