Alot of my musis listening is jazz/vocals/pop/rock with artist like Stan Getz, Louis Armstrong, Norah Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Jack Johnson, Willie Nelson, and on and on....
The Cayin replaced a Yamaha RX-V1000 (which is for sale). The Yamaha was a great piece for me, and if i wouldn't have switched to tubes i would have kept it.
I also use to own a Consonance M99 int tube from Opera Audio.
My first impression was CD's seemed easier to listen to. There was nothing harsh at all. The Cayin seem to bring out detail in the music i really didn't notice before. so listening to my CD's was like hearing new stuff. Vocals were very smooth, and you could hear very faint details, like when the singer would lick their lips and you could here the full extent of the vocals fading out.
Things seemed to be imaging a lot better as well.
I'm using the stock EL34 tubes, and plan to get some Svetlana's or EH tubes to play with.
Also i plan on purchasing either a Music Hall CD25 or Arcam 72 or 73t CD player so i'll report in a little more detail when i get all this setup and have had plenty of time to listen to everything.
Hope you find this a useful read. if you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Having had mine for several months now, all I can say is it keeps getting better.
I have only one real problem with the amp. After a late night of listening and having been completely melted into the sofa- it won't carry me upstairs and tuck me into bed...
A rather chunky old Sony Sacd 333 unit. The speakers are a DIY Dynaudio 52 model, with a 12" sub patterned on the Ariel. I find little use for the sub with the addition of the Cayin, but sometimes it gets powered up.
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