Greetings fellow audiophiles, distinguished guests and music lovers,
At this point in time, we are faced with a slight recession for the rest of 2015 across Australia, and may go well beyond early 2016.
I have returned to Melbourne, and now have to face the consequences of this slight downturn. Hence, I am selling off my entire system, lock stock and barrel in order to have a buffer to protect the family. My MV60se has already been sold, next will be the ACT2 and so on...
The system is displayed on Caxton Audio's website (www.caxtonaudio.com.au) under the trade-in tabs. All of it from cables, power cords to interconnects to the kitchen sink is going... very sad indeed, I could hardly part with the ACT2, especially after what wonderful music it delivered partnered with the MV60se. Therefore, my good mates at sound-reference and Caxton Audio have offered to help, and of course when all is going well again, I will get that GATpre and those ART amps one day...
Having said that, I still have my Quads, Rega turntable and the MAC cd player. I was lent a small integrated 300B tube amp from Jas-Audio, just to have something to listen to. Great little amp, this thing sounds marvelous driving the Quads. At just 8 watts of pure class A, it is very smooth and relaxing through electrostats.
It is no where close to c-j gear but for the money what it can do is remarkable! Manufactured somewhere in China, with some simple Chinese tubes, nothing fancy, this thing really sounds very good. Matches very well with the MAC and Rega, I must say the musicality is wonderful, and I don't see how other manufacturers price their gear so highly just to achieve this level of musicality. This amp is less than half the cost of any high-end gear out there. Jas-Audio has been trying to make a name in the high-end market. I strongly feel they should just keep introducing their products within the mid-end market and will someday take on the high-end by surprise.
Hats off to Jas-Audio, well done! And to those of you who are still enjoying your c-j gear, it is certainly one audio manufacturer that is truly passionate about "the music". Cheers to c-j fans and all enthusiasts. Enjoy your music.
RJ
At this point in time, we are faced with a slight recession for the rest of 2015 across Australia, and may go well beyond early 2016.
I have returned to Melbourne, and now have to face the consequences of this slight downturn. Hence, I am selling off my entire system, lock stock and barrel in order to have a buffer to protect the family. My MV60se has already been sold, next will be the ACT2 and so on...
The system is displayed on Caxton Audio's website (www.caxtonaudio.com.au) under the trade-in tabs. All of it from cables, power cords to interconnects to the kitchen sink is going... very sad indeed, I could hardly part with the ACT2, especially after what wonderful music it delivered partnered with the MV60se. Therefore, my good mates at sound-reference and Caxton Audio have offered to help, and of course when all is going well again, I will get that GATpre and those ART amps one day...
Having said that, I still have my Quads, Rega turntable and the MAC cd player. I was lent a small integrated 300B tube amp from Jas-Audio, just to have something to listen to. Great little amp, this thing sounds marvelous driving the Quads. At just 8 watts of pure class A, it is very smooth and relaxing through electrostats.
It is no where close to c-j gear but for the money what it can do is remarkable! Manufactured somewhere in China, with some simple Chinese tubes, nothing fancy, this thing really sounds very good. Matches very well with the MAC and Rega, I must say the musicality is wonderful, and I don't see how other manufacturers price their gear so highly just to achieve this level of musicality. This amp is less than half the cost of any high-end gear out there. Jas-Audio has been trying to make a name in the high-end market. I strongly feel they should just keep introducing their products within the mid-end market and will someday take on the high-end by surprise.
Hats off to Jas-Audio, well done! And to those of you who are still enjoying your c-j gear, it is certainly one audio manufacturer that is truly passionate about "the music". Cheers to c-j fans and all enthusiasts. Enjoy your music.
RJ