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Jadis JPS2 vs ARC REF 3 vs Aesthetics Calisto Sig

Hi there

Please describe sonic differences among these three excellent preamps.

From myself I can add that ARC Ref 3 is great preamp that is not like any other previous ARC model. It had best soundstage, imaging and bass resolution I ever heard from preamp. But I never heard JPS2,JP80 or Calisto. I didn't include Hovland because it lost to Calisto somewhere else at Audiogon in comparison.

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eavr11

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eavr11 OP
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I spoke to two owners of CJ ART 2 preamp. They both compared CJ to ARC Ref 3. Both of them prefered ART 2. The answers were

1)"ART 2 was more musical"
2)"Ref 3 was too bright for my system"

By the way second owner prefered Shindo Giscours (US$25K) to CJ ART2. When I asked what areas Giscours surpassed ART2 the answer was "texturing, image density, frequency extension, better harmonics"
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