Cary Audio CAD-300SEI Integrated Amplifier
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Product Overview & Specifications
Tube aficionados have long known that the best possible realism and detail comes when an amplifier is run in SET mode, or Single-Ended Triode. This lets one power tube handle both sides of each musical waveform, eliminating some of the most fatiguing distortions. It results in lower output power, naturally, but with high-efficiency speakers played at reasonable levels, its ultimate simplicity means the ultimate in musical naturalness.
While only offering 15 watts per channel of pure class-A remote-controlled power, the CAD-300SEI does things that almost no other amplifier today can achieve. Its careful attention to design and construction means that it is extremely quiet, allowing the tiniest musical details to float against a background of dead silence. This will help you perceive more accurate soundstaging and imaging cues, as well as the most realistic harmonic structure of each instrument. You can tell a Steinway from a Bösendorfer piano, a Stradivarius from a Guarneri or Amati violin, or a Fender from a Gibson guitar. Youll hear inner details of musical groups that you never knew were there. Sometimes the simplest IS the best, and the CAD-300SEI is a testament to that philosophy.
| Circuit Type | Single-Ended Class A |
| Power Output | 15 watts |
| Input Sensitivity | .42 Volt for full output |
| Noise and Hum | -90 dB below full output |
| Frequency Response | 20 Hz to 23 KHz +/- .75 dB |
| Inputs | CD, AUX1, AUX2, Headphone jack |
| Tubes | 1 ea 6SN7 Input 2 ea 6SN7 Driver 2 ea 300B Output |
| Power Transformer | 1 ea EI Laminate, 200% Duty Cycle |
| Output Transformer(s) | 2 ea EI Laminate Air Gap, 200% Duty Cycle |
| Resistors | 1% Metal Film |
| Capacitors | Polypropylene Film with hand soldered copper terminals (optional upgrades available) |
| Power Supply Capacitors | 2 ea 1200µF@250 VDC |
| AC Cord | 3 Conductor, Detachable |
| AC Power Requirements | 117/234 VAC @ 50/60 Hz |
| Consumption | 107 watts Operation |
| Warm-Up Time | 3 Minutes |
| Break-In Time | 100 hours of playing time |
| Finish | Anthracite black chassis with silver or black aluminum faceplate |
| Weight | 51 lbs |
| Dimensions | 8 H x 14 W x 14 D |
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Cary Audio CAD-300SEI Integrated Amplifier
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