Hi CKK, i just asked a reviewer who has reviewed both the ARC Ref 40, ARC Ref 5 and the CJ GAT. He said in his opinion the CJ GAT is on equal footing with the Ref 40 in performance, though they provide listerners different virtues. He also said both ARC Ref 40 and the CJ GAT were superior to the Ref 5.
Since i do not speak/write Chinese, i cannot register for Review33...so if SimCity wishes to share his thoughts on FM268 vs CJ GAT, he can perhaps post here?
no doubt, system synergy, etc are all extremely important, but it is helpful for me to get an idea (since i will probably not have the opportunity to hear ARC Ref 40 or FM268 in direct comparison to CJ GAT) to get opinions from experienced people (particularly when they have spent a lot of time with these components).
Hi lloydelee21,
I had already emailed Simcity about your questions but not sure whether he wants to join the WBF & answers your questions here.
This is his thread in www.Review33.com. You may notice that many of the discussions are in English.
http://www.review33.com/avforum/index.php?topic=26080713012540&page=1
I suggest you to go ahead with registration & directly post your questions in Simcity's thread. This is the Review33 registration page. Use Google Translate & the registration will not be difficult.
http://www.review33.com/member/index_new.php
BTW, it's not surprising that the similarly-priced CJ GAT & ARC40 perform at the same level but with different characters. IMHO the manufacturers are very clever in price-setting so usually we get what we pay for.