I purchaseda cayin cd17 mark 1 player wayyyy back in 2004,,,Built to last , not 1 issue in 20 yrs,,sure has not seen much play past 10, still in nearly 15 yrs, performs perfect.
Built likea tank and sounds incredible with 4 6922's. I'd put this Cayin up to Jadis's $20K CD player.
and walk with the Cayin,. cayin has a new Mark 2, nearly same design, but addeda rectifier tube.
It come out the shop next week with all new M caps,
Bottom line, there are at least 3 top line chinese labs which perform flawless and all 3 are built with the highest standards,,,well actually i only know Cayin, but the other 2 appear to be built on same quality standards.
China has some incredible engineers and have developed incredible sounding gear at wayyy less than 1/2 the price of Jadis.
No lab can compete with china right now, with the top china labs battling it amongst each other out to stay alive in this dwindling stereo market share.
There is a California dealer who imports Prima Luna, which is made in the Sparks Lab/Cayin. Read the reviews for yourself.
I plan to purchase the Cayin SC6 Mark2 preamp later this year,,,with no hesitation nor fears.
Post Note"
China can not , nor ever will develope a speaker system that can come close to Demark, Last note, china can not make a great sounding pre amp tube.
vs NOS.
Built likea tank and sounds incredible with 4 6922's. I'd put this Cayin up to Jadis's $20K CD player.
and walk with the Cayin,. cayin has a new Mark 2, nearly same design, but addeda rectifier tube.
It come out the shop next week with all new M caps,
Bottom line, there are at least 3 top line chinese labs which perform flawless and all 3 are built with the highest standards,,,well actually i only know Cayin, but the other 2 appear to be built on same quality standards.
China has some incredible engineers and have developed incredible sounding gear at wayyy less than 1/2 the price of Jadis.
No lab can compete with china right now, with the top china labs battling it amongst each other out to stay alive in this dwindling stereo market share.
There is a California dealer who imports Prima Luna, which is made in the Sparks Lab/Cayin. Read the reviews for yourself.
I plan to purchase the Cayin SC6 Mark2 preamp later this year,,,with no hesitation nor fears.
Post Note"
China can not , nor ever will develope a speaker system that can come close to Demark, Last note, china can not make a great sounding pre amp tube.
vs NOS.