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Hi
I have a pair of Acoustat 2+2 that right now powering with Panny XR 55 and source is Sony DVD player. Eventually going to go to a PC audio system.
I just bought a CJ MF2250 and a Heybrook pre amp (designed by Paravicini) and had two questions
1. How does the CJ MF series compare to the Sonographe, esp as the Sonographe is about 1/2 the cost of a comparable MF amp.
2. Any opinions on the Heybrook pre amp and when I go to a computer audio source, whether I should think of upgrading (I know its way way too early as I have not listened yet to the combo, but thats why they call it the asylum) :)
Thanks
Shriram
Follow Ups:
I have a Sonograph preamp packed away somewhere waiting on one of my sons to get his system up and running. I didn't like it. It was sorta harsh sounding, and started looking for a CJ tube preamp shortly after that.
Later I went thru an ASL, a Quicksilver and a Odyssey Candella, plus the CJ. The Candella resides in my downstairs system, and the CJ is upstairs in my bedroom system. All have a different sound, but those two are the ones I liked best.
gary
Gary
...I have only had experience with their amplifiers (solid state).
Good performance for the money, but not even close to the performance of their tubed stuff.
Keep yer MF2250 and Heybrook. They oughta sound wonderful together. The Sonagraphe, as others have pointed out, is decent, but NOT in the league as your MF2250.
For CJ, Sonograph was a budget line. Hence it had a lower price and lower performance expectations.
Stu
...my Sonographe experience follows.
For some years I used a Sonographe pre-amp with an Adcom GFA-555 amp. All solid state. Eventually I sold them and bought a used Jolida 801a tube integrated. Sold them for about what I paid for the Jolida. The Jolida was a vast improvement. Now I can't say for sure that the Jolida was better than both the Sonographe and the Adcom or that it improved only on one of them, but at this point I'd be pretty reluctant to go back to the brand in favor of a CJ-branded unit.
Apples and Oranges. Try a CJ tube set up and you'll lose the Jolida.....and a lot of money.
ET
...I agree that a CJ set up would smoke the Jolida. But my point was not to get a Jolida, but to go CJ rather than Sonographe.
The 200(?) watt Sonographe had a treble I couldn't live with but very good otherwise. Sterophile Class "B". So what else is new?
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