Stormen did mention the break in with CAST being dark. He thought and so does Duelund that the break in was around 17 days?
For me the CAST came exactly when the cap went so a change of amps. It was VERY disorientating. The CAST is a bigger change from VSF's than ANY other cap I tried (except maybe from the worn out vintage tweeter caps)
A fundemental change for my speakers the Lascala's are known to be bass shy. They are NOT. They seem it because of the horn design amplifies all noise. So the mid and highs noise tend to give less bass.
I will be spending the money in the future to replace my VSF's for CAST for the tweeters. (I have one of each) It is THAT big.
Every person who has heard the speakers is confused as I was at first. The reaction of everyone seems to be pick the more resonating caps first then after a period of time they all switch to less resonating and can't believe the difference.
Same thing again yesterday by the guys buying the Linn speakers.
Duelund warned of break in with CAST and DO expect it. To me they are VERY dark at first like they are masking something after awhile you realize (and they open up) that they are a HUGE reduction in noise.
Listening to Sinatra yesterday the violins were much stronger out the CAST while background wayyy quieter.
The downside to this? Maybe a top notch digital front end is the only way to go. The caps have a much lower sound floor than vinyl might be capable of. Don't get me wrong it sounds astonishing but you have no doubt when you have worn vinyl on.
For me the CAST came exactly when the cap went so a change of amps. It was VERY disorientating. The CAST is a bigger change from VSF's than ANY other cap I tried (except maybe from the worn out vintage tweeter caps)
A fundemental change for my speakers the Lascala's are known to be bass shy. They are NOT. They seem it because of the horn design amplifies all noise. So the mid and highs noise tend to give less bass.
I will be spending the money in the future to replace my VSF's for CAST for the tweeters. (I have one of each) It is THAT big.
Every person who has heard the speakers is confused as I was at first. The reaction of everyone seems to be pick the more resonating caps first then after a period of time they all switch to less resonating and can't believe the difference.
Same thing again yesterday by the guys buying the Linn speakers.
Duelund warned of break in with CAST and DO expect it. To me they are VERY dark at first like they are masking something after awhile you realize (and they open up) that they are a HUGE reduction in noise.
Listening to Sinatra yesterday the violins were much stronger out the CAST while background wayyy quieter.
The downside to this? Maybe a top notch digital front end is the only way to go. The caps have a much lower sound floor than vinyl might be capable of. Don't get me wrong it sounds astonishing but you have no doubt when you have worn vinyl on.