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Has anyone heard the new North American products preamp and amp?

The new versions are called X-10s and the amp is on its third version or Mark III. This truly provides holograph imagine unlike anything I've heard before. On symphonic orchestras, one can hear the first violins. I have never heard an amp sound this precise.

In reality, I doubt if any amplifier can rival it. I certainly have never heard any that do so. Every album is so involving.

The preamp has yet to get a remote but is nevertheless, quite striking.
tbg
tbg OP
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I have and you are in for a treat after about six weeks of settling in by the amp. I don't know if it is just the curing of the potting compound, the forming of capacitors, or even my getting accustomed to the sound, but at one point about three week with it here and not on other than when I wanted to listen, there was a major jump where the entire soundstage from extreme left to extreme right was well defined. The sound was very involving with ambience decay. I had never before heard this with a symphonic orchestra nor with a big band. One would have to have bought the very best seat in a very good hall to hear what I was hearing on virtually all such recordings.

This amp is a clear breakthrough.

timlub
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After reading this, went online to find it, took me awhile so I thought I'd post the link... After reading, a lot makes sense,  a ton of digital correcting done to the signal on the front end.

http://h-cat.com/

I hope this helps,

Tim

roger_paul
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timlub,

You mentioned -  a ton of digital correcting done to the signal on the front end.

I'm not sure if you were referring to the amplifier design. It is a pure analog design. There is no digital circuitry involved.

Roger

Here is correct link..
www.h-cat.com
xaviercg
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Hello Norm,
Had upgraded both my H-Cat 10 MKIII Amp. & Pre-amp. and now with approximetely 200 hours my system has never sounded so organic.
I've been an audiophile for thirty eight
years have owned C.A.T., Audio Research, Velvet, Lectron, Levinson
and nothing comes close to this.
In listening to my LP's, I'm experiencing
that atmospheric quality they provide  but like never before.
The  H-Cat system give you the best of
both worlds (tube wise,dimensionality
solid state wise, quickness articulation 
and base) but with neutrality like water
clear and transparent without any coloration your speakers are transformed and disappear providing you with a life like event.
I did replaced my Goldmund's with
two way monitor speakers and got the
same results, a rich organic non fatiguing sound.
In the digital format, the experience is
like listening to analog, that clinical sound that is present in CD's is much
eliminated. One tends to listen to the entire CD vs before I would subconsciously skip around.
In conclusion I have to say this breakthrough technology weather your playing your music soft or loud there is no degradation of detail (much like a 
a good zoom lens effect) nothing is 
compromised and gladly have to say I'm off the audio marry go round. 
Well done Roger.
Xcgar









timlub
2,039 posts
 

Thanks for the correction Roger, I had read your white paper and I guess I misconstrued because of terms that you use like

 "adding a reference clock"  and "error handler"

"Amazingly, the solution for correcting the problem is just as tiny but with a level of sophistication never attempted. I have had to develop new circuits with new functions and subroutines helping the main amplifier. I use a new technique that enables me to take advantage of "current fragmentation". It uses Quantum Physics to produce a tiny "piece" or "offshoot" of current from a larger sample. This tiny reference thread is extremely delicate and hyper sensitive to its environment. Its impedance is well above 90 Gig Ohms and it has very unique property. The tensile strength can be used as a high output, low noise velocity monitor to sense relative motion including the easy detection of Micro-Doppler changes along the Time Domain Axis"

Either way, I've never been accused of being a rocket scientist,  sounds like a terrific amplifier. With people raving about your products like this,  I'll try to seek out your stuff and give a good listen and I suspect many others will as well.  Congrats,

Tim

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