Tvad, I am now a reviewer. I will soon be getting the Exemplar XP-2. Indeed, I have yet to hear anything close to the H-Cat, especially in its X8 form. I have had my Acapella LaCompanellas for some time now and always continue to look for better speakers. Do you still have the same system you had two years ago? |
Do you still have the same system you had two years ago? That's not relevant to this thread. This is about your question regarding a new preamp, particularly taken in context with this 5 1/2 year old thread which chronicles your progressively heightened enjoyment of the H-Cat preamp. I'm really not trying to pick a battle here. I am intrigued by your interest in this new component based on your seemingly thorough satisfaction with your present preamp. |
Tvad, I am equally curious why you would find my questions curious and do think my question is relevant. I have owned at least 30 line stages or preamps in 40 years involved in audio with probably three quarters of them tube units. I own probably 2000 vacuum tubes mainly as replacements of tubes in those units. My interest in the Tempo has nothing to do with my satisfaction with the H-Cat. It is just the continuing quest for perfect reproduction. Certainly some 40 years ago when I got a ARC SP-3 preamp, I thought it was perfection, and I did have it for 5 years, only to get a SP-6A which was a piece of crap. I cannot believe given the experiences of my many friends in audio, that you have the same system today that you had two years ago. |
