January 20, 200917 yr From Moon Audio's website: Cary Audio Seems pretty pricey, although it is from Cary.
January 20, 200917 yr In many ways, it looks like a Singlepower amp. Maybe this is why Mikhail hasn't been able to deliver.
January 20, 200917 yr Xciter? Could they have come up with a shittier name Doubftul . It looks alright I guess, though I'd agree that price is kinda crap.
January 20, 200917 yr I have not been overly xcited about any of the cary stuff I have heard/owned in general. The 300b amp is good not great unless heavily modded the KT88 amps are ok not great as well. This amp screams capitalizing on the headphone market and looks like it was designed by someones impression of what the 16-21 y/0 segment of the hobby may want. I hope I am wrong as it would be great to get a manufacter with the size and reach into the mainstream audio market that Cary has but my gut says discontinued in short order.
January 20, 200917 yr Xciter? Could they have come up with a shittier nameYeah, they could have called them iGrado's or something. iCary? iXciter? Alright, maybe not, but it's a close call.
January 20, 200917 yr I have not been overly xcited about any of the cary stuff I have heard/owned in general. The 300b amp is good not great unless heavily modded the KT88 amps are ok not great as well. Boy that's ugly. Cary deserves credit for being a big player in the tube and SET revival. Also, the 805 is a beautiful amp. But otherwise it is all a bit underwhelming. As you mention, there are some real issues with the amp designs, not only in sound quality, but also in basic abuse of tubes. I used to own a 303-200 cd player, but I designed my own DAC that sounds better, and if I can do that, then there is something wrong. I do like their knobs, though.
January 20, 200917 yr One thing I find funny is the text, which often claim Class A or Single Ended operation when it is clearly not or clearly stated otherwise in the spec form that's not too far away from the marketingese text...
January 20, 200917 yr I am hoping to get a listen to one next week. I believe the local distributor may have a couple. The only Cary item I have listened to was a 306 CDP. I thought it was excellent. Agreed Xciter as a name, sucks big time.
January 20, 200917 yr Author With the exception of the red "Xciter" it looks like the other Cary integrateds. Paired with the dac it looks good. My only complaint is the price. I had an SLI-80 integrated and it was a good amp but at the retail of $3,800 I would rather spend my money elsewhere.
July 5, 200916 yr Has anyone heard the DAC? You're going to drive yourself crazy looking into all these DACs Dinny.
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