richieb Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 It has been 4 days comparing the Australian made, 60WPC, MOSFET integrated against my trusty Cayin tube integrated, all with Cornwalls. The Cayin is now in the box ready for shipment. Any way I listened, the Redgum beat the Cayin unmercifly. Soundstage is huge, channel separation the best I have ever heard, insruments were easily placed, drums and cymbals spot on to live sound, deep,deep, yet tight bass. And I now understand what pace means, this Redgum just drives with precision, you cannot help but tap your feet. The Cayin is thin, slow, meager bass in comparison. Veiled sounstage. It is hard to imagine big old Cornwalls imaging like this. I also had on hand a TAD 150 tube pre-amp connected to the Cayin to sample. Still no copmparison. Every nuance of the music is there, crisp yet smooth, no fatigue. Very low volume is just as satisfactory as cranking it up. Big Denon separates, Jolida hybrid, Jolida tube, Unison Research hybrid and now the Cayin, all fall hard to the Redgum. Solid state ain't so bad with Cornwalls. The look isn't bad either, finished smooth as glass Redgum wood front panel, dual volume controls and passive pre-amp selector control. Very simple with ulta-short signal paths, silver solder and wire. I think I am set --- for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 interesting...what's the model and price? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richieb Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 ---------------- On 2/7/2005 11:06:15 PM Colin wrote: interesting...what's the model and price? RGi60 - $1650 US ---------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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