Hello everyone and happy new year. I’m on a hunt for a new preamp. Changing things over from my hybrid AV/Stereo to strictly 2 channel. Trying to decide on the following:
CJ GAT2
ARC ref 10
Dag Momentum
Found a dealer demo ref 10 unit with warranty. One owner reported that Ref 10 is a bit aggressive esp in the treble and at it wasn’t musical. I’d love to get confirmation.
The CJ GAT 2 has received rave reviews. Only drawback is that it has only RCA inputs. Is this a deal breaker if your system is balanced.
The Momentum has some operating issues with the tone control which can be fixed($).
Rest of my system
focal utopia evo
pacific bal dac
sonore signature/SGC Nas
krell 403 E amp (to be upgraded to monos)
CJ GAT2
ARC ref 10
Dag Momentum
Found a dealer demo ref 10 unit with warranty. One owner reported that Ref 10 is a bit aggressive esp in the treble and at it wasn’t musical. I’d love to get confirmation.
The CJ GAT 2 has received rave reviews. Only drawback is that it has only RCA inputs. Is this a deal breaker if your system is balanced.
The Momentum has some operating issues with the tone control which can be fixed($).
Rest of my system
focal utopia evo
pacific bal dac
sonore signature/SGC Nas
krell 403 E amp (to be upgraded to monos)