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Funny, I'm not getting that CJ "warmth" from the 200 as much as I did when I had the MF2100 a few years back, but then I was also using a CJ preamplifier - I forget the model number - that, I think, imparted that perception of warmth. I've been hooked on Audio Research for my preamplifiers ever since. For me they seem to mate well with just about anything I've hooked up to it, the only exception being a Musical Fidelity amp which was so colored it makes a CJ look like its black and white.
As the contributors to this post know, "Thiels reveal" - everything in the chain associated with driving them. I'm SO bloody sorry that I sold my Pass Labs X150.5 I can't begin to tell you. Unfortunately the price has pretty much skyrocketed new/used or refurbed - double what I paid Mark at Reno Hifi for mine currently!
As my previous post documented I returned the Primare because I could not use it with my Thiel's eq. I NEVER return anything. I was offered a pair of Paradigm Prestige 95F's from my dealer at a silly price, and though very tempted I refused.
The only way I will part with these is when someone can pry them from my cold, dead hands!
Funny, I'm not getting that CJ "warmth" from the 200 as much as I did when I had the MF2100 a few years back, but then I was also using a CJ preamplifier - I forget the model number - that, I think, imparted that perception of warmth. I've been hooked on Audio Research for my preamplifiers ever since. For me they seem to mate well with just about anything I've hooked up to it, the only exception being a Musical Fidelity amp which was so colored it makes a CJ look like its black and white.
As the contributors to this post know, "Thiels reveal" - everything in the chain associated with driving them. I'm SO bloody sorry that I sold my Pass Labs X150.5 I can't begin to tell you. Unfortunately the price has pretty much skyrocketed new/used or refurbed - double what I paid Mark at Reno Hifi for mine currently!
As my previous post documented I returned the Primare because I could not use it with my Thiel's eq. I NEVER return anything. I was offered a pair of Paradigm Prestige 95F's from my dealer at a silly price, and though very tempted I refused.
The only way I will part with these is when someone can pry them from my cold, dead hands!