Mark Levinson 23.5: camac or RCA?


Hi,

I just bought a 23.5 and I have camac connecors. My interconnects are RCA to RAC Audioquest Colorado (I do not want to change them).

1) IYO, should I convert the camac to RCA connectors on the amp.?

1b) what type of RCA would you suggest (I generally like WBT products-would it be a good choice in this case)?

2) If I keep the camac, should I modify my Colorado the make it a RCA to Camac cable?

My preamp is a Conrad Johnson pv14sl2

My source is a AudioNote DAC 2.1B.

I like all kinds of music.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

Pierre
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Never mind my last question, I found one. It is a LEMO adaptor. I'll try it hoping it won't degrade my sound.

Regards
So, Moemoney,

in this case I think my best bet would be to replace the camac with RCA'S ON THE AMP, if I want to keep my Colorado's - since Microchip says they are not suitable for conversion (and I agree).

Is the replacement of the camac with RCA's the solution whuch will give me the bst sound possible? - I'm not ready to make a compromise let say to keep the amp. as is, or because it is "too much trouble" to make a change that will have "just" a minimal negative effect (there is no such thing as a "minimal negative")
Tab110s,

so you listened to the 23.5 with RCAs and camac and you are saying the RCA were sounding better?
Thank all of you for all past answers and in advance for the next ones. All this info is of great help in my search.
Microchip,

thank you for your answer. I would not think of using Cardas RCA's. In my experience, they are far from "neutral". I'd prefer WBT's. But this is another subject.

As far as changing the camac for RCA's, it seems the engineer at Mark Levinson agrees with you. He told me that I MIGHT gain a LITTLE with RCA's, but that the modification process is long and complex to do a good job.

So for now, I will follow yours and ML's suggestion and use the LEMO's. I will think about changing to RCA's if I realy like the sound of the 23.5.

Best regards,

Pierre