CJ GAT Preamp VS ART 3 which one is the best?

Just out of curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, who told you the GAT was better than the ART 3? With so few of either preamp in service, it would seem to me to be very rare for someone other than a person at C-J to have had the ability to hear them side by side in a true comparison.

I have an ART 2 and am trying to decide betweeen upgrading mine to an ART 3 or buying a GAT so I too am very interested in this question. My gut reaction is that the ART 3 is the better unit.

Thx,

Frank

What is the list price for the GAT?

I believe it is $20,000

Hi Frank! I was told by one insider at CJ about it as well as heard Lew's comments himself from last CES 2009. In addition, one of audio guru who used to work for Avantgarde told me the same thing when he went to his client's house to help him with the setup. His client used to own original ART but not ART 3 and owns GAT now. I myself find this fact hard to believe, but my longtime CJ dealer also told me the same thing that less is better. I mean one chassis and less tubes are much better. I guess we'll just have to wait and see as I was gonna go buy ART 3 myself if I can find one. BTW, my CJ dealer is very trustworthy and he never tries to sell more expensive stuff if not need to so I kind of believe him 80% on this.