Cary CPA-1 preamp...listening impressions?

You got a nice sounding unit Talk2me. We hope you have a quick recovery.

Transnova, good luck with your surgery. I had surgery this past winter and spent two straight months in a hospital bed for recovery. The best thing I did was move hospital bed into my man cave. Having a access to my stereo system during that time helped get me through. Let us know how the Cary pre sounds.

Talk2me
Hope all is well and your recovery is on schedule.Enjoy the Cary for what it is. I think you might be pleasently surprised.

Larry

Transnova:Thank-you for the info. I just bought the Cary CPA-1 mentioned. I am waiting for surgery and neede something to hols me over till I get back to work. I will be powering it with my Burmester 911 MK3. Sould be interesting! I figure if the CPA-1 is made by Cary, then it will have good quality. But, 2-3X is great news. I will accept it for what it is, rather than comparing it against my previous $30K pre/dac/cdp. Someimes it is good to "slum" it.:) I kid, I kid.

The Cary is a very good preamp(for the money or even at 2-3 times the money).It is essentially the SLP 03 with a solid state output stage.It features true balanced inputs and outputs.It is very underated.I used mine with a Lehman Black Cube SE with excellent results.