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    Air - Moon Safari

     

    lol. This band you also listen? I thought I'm the only one and completely forgotten about them.

     

    After I saw your post, the words 'Moon Safari' rang a bell and I remembered that I've the disc but forgotten where I kept it. After searching high and low for the past 2 days, I found it. :D Sexy boy ah!

     

    Its good stuff! sexy boy indeed lol.

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    Speakers.

    the tall silm one is a high eff. quarter wavelength type speaker. ( i think ) Cross-overless and designed for use with tube amps esp. low powered single ended triodes ( S.E.T.s ). Drivers could be either fostex or lowther. ( tho they could have used more exotic stuff. )

     

    The bigger one is a horn loaded speaker. Oris front horns i think.

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    Having owned both the Cayin HA-1A( which i've sold a year or so back ) and LD2+( which i just got my hands on last week ), its surprising to say that the LD2+ offers very good sonics even at such a long price.

     

    However, the LD2+ uses rather obscure tubes that frankly, are ridiculously hard to tube roll. The Cayin uses much more common tubes that can readily be found in new or NOS form.

     

    Build quality wise, the LD2+ offers very solid build for the money, the metal chassis being smooth and rather robust looking. However, the tube sockets and power tubes are rather cheap looking, but never the less do their job well. There is a plus point though, as the updated LD2+ version uses English Mullard signal tubes. Also, the volume pot is taut and smooth operating. The Cayin HA-1A does look and feel more in the vein of an expensive product ( which it obviously is ). The thick aluminium (?) front plate looks solid and the speaker binding post look extremely good. However i've had trouble with the lighted LED on the Cayin, it flickers intermittedly, causing an annoying noise that can be heard via the headphones. Tube afficiandos would prefer the Cayin as it offers almost a limitless choice of tubes to choose from. From RCA 5751s to JJ EL84s and Mullard CV4003s....Tube rolling on the Cayin can be rather costly, considering how a single Mullard CV4003 tube will set you back almost a 100 bucks these days.

     

    When i used my Cayin with any headphone, there was a slight hum which while not annoying, was noticable. The LD2+ is dead quiet though. Coupled with the MS2i i own now, is absolutely quiet when no music is being played. No hum at all.

     

    Sound wise, the Cayin can be said to be sweeter sounding, especially in the mids. I attribute this to the use of th EL84 power tubes, which are one of my fave tubes of all time ( next to the 2A3 of course. ) It offers the typical tube sweetness and euphony. Bass is nicely rounded and extended with sufficient slam. Overall, i remember the Cayin as being very good coupled with every can i had in the past ( I tried it with Grado SR-125s, SR-325is, Beyer DT-150s, DT-880s, Sennheiser HD-595s, Audio Technica A900s and ETY ER4s. And really, all sounded good through the Cayin. ) [PS, please take what i say with a pinch of salt as im recalling all this from memory ]

     

    The LD2+ on the flipside( coupled with the only can i own now, th MS2i ), isnt as warm or euphonic sounding as the Cayin. It is much more neutral sounding, with a bass that is not as extended but much tigther. It's fast and tight. This amp offers plenty of PRAT, with cymbals sounding statisfyingly "shimmery" and brass having enough bite.

     

    Hm..that's all i can say for now. Feeling a tad groggy, time to hit the bed again lol.

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