I do not work for cattylink - never did.
I advocate certain inexpensive Chinese amps that perform at a level of amps costing three times as much. Cattylink sells most, but not all, of the amps I have advocated. Not unusual, since Cattylink.com sells all the major and worthwhile Chinese amps. Many Chinese products are junk - Cattylink will not sell these.
One of the posters on this site made complaints to the site administrator that I worked for cattylink. I have done free warranty work on cattylink products in the past - Cattylink gives me parts free and reimburses me for transportation costs in the form of credit toward items I purchase. I haven't touched an E5 for repair to it for over 10 months. I have done a few transport exchanges in that time - people send in their bad transport and I send them a new one which they put in themselves with my written instructions - easy to do - three screws to take out. I have worked less than an hour in the last 10 months - free. Member of the Trade?
I have never received any payment from Cattylink.com. The E5 is so reliable that I never have to do any actual repair work myself - just exchange transports.
I have purchased many things from Cattylink - thousands of dollars of stuff a year - much beyond the transportation cost credit.
I have several Bada 12s right now and ordered two more Doge 6210 amps that I am waiting on delivery - I love these amps, like to have spares on hand, and am buying before price increases. Because of my relation to Cattylink, even though it costs me instead of reimburses me, I have now been labeled a member of the trade. I accept that since I did receive one free gift from Cattylink, before Christmas - an Original Masters 220volt amp which I never opened and tried to sell (my ad to sell this amp in the amps for sell section was deleted right after it was posted). This gift came in with an order for the Jolida amp, and was totally an unwanted surprise when I got it.
I have upset people who advocate the more expensive amps than the ones I recommend. I hope every Doge owner has a chance to buy one of these amps in the future and see which is best. Then you can decide if I was trying to sell Cattylink products, or if I was trying to get others to obtain the top sound at the lowest cost, regardless of whether you bought it from Cattylink or not.
Pacificvalve.us has come done on their Doge 6210 price to $450. This is a result of Cattylink's low price. Since Pacificvalve offers a more easy to use warranty for USA buyers, potential Doge owners may want to buy from them.
I initially gave them as a source along with Cattylink - I am not trying to sell products for Cattylink.
The AKG K701 is not available from Cattylink and for $255 is as good or better as any dynamic HP you can buy. I do not recommend electrostatic HPs.
The Rega Saturn CDP is as good as any, and costs only $1600 from the USA dealer I buy my Rega CDPs from. This ii not available from Cattylink either.
I will no longer be posting on this site. I warn those who read posts here to be careful of the quality-is-measured-by-price crowd. You can easily end up spending too much and not getting the sound quality you could have gotten at a lower price, if you let this crowd sway you.
I stand by this earlier post below - I am a member of charity to others and not to any trade.
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Originally Posted by drarthurwells  I do not work for Cattylink. I have never received any money or other compensation from them.
I say the K701 is the best headphone you can get. See my link below to others who agree. It is no accident that Head Room downgraded the HD650 after they heard the K701. I have bought four from USA dealers, paying the same price as anyone else, and bought one of the four for a head-fier who has 3 months to pay me for it (it was shipped from the dealer and due to arrive this Friday). On several occasions I have sent head-fiers stuff I sell and let them pay me later.
I say the Rega Saturn is as good as any CDP at any price. I bought my Rega Apollos and Saturn from a USA Rega dealer who has the lowest prices in the world. I have recommended this dealer to other head-fiers who paid the same low price as I did. I have never gotten anything from this dealer in return. I do it to enable others to get the top sound available for low cost.
I say my headphone amps, power conditioner, power cables, and IC match or beat any at any price.
I buy most of my amp stuff from Cattylink because they offer great prices and service and are totally reliable. You pay $2800 for an award winning KT88 amp under a famous brand, made in China, and the exact same amp can be bought at Cattylink for $600. My three headphone amps would sell for three or four times the price if made in the USA, and many here would consider them as good as any at any price in that case. There are - at around $375 to $525 from Cattylink. Again, I recommend my amps not because you can get them from Catylink, but because they offer the best sound, and are low cost, to enable others to save money while having the best sound.
The Doge is a great amp for a low cost - many USA buyers will prefer to buy it from Pacific Valve instead of Cattylink, because of the domestically available warranty. I pointed this out early in the thread here.
I do free repair work on E5 CDPs and did one free Bada 12 mosfet repair, where Cattylink supplies me parts on an exchange basis. I do this because it is fun, quick and easy, and very infrequent, out of my deep appreciation for the great products I have bought from Cattylink. I usually buy in large quantity from Cattylink to save shipping, and share with my sons or sell at times (not for profit). I just sold two Doge amps on a trial basis after ordering a few before prices might rise. I actually sold them for slightly less than my cost, which was slightly below $375, but they both may come back (and go to my sons who have Bada 12s).
Do you often make false accusations with no proof?
I will send you, via Fed Ex, a new Doge, with tubes, and you keep it for two weeks. You then return it via Fed Ex, in the same condition as received, and include $14 cash for my original shipping costs. Hear for yourself - even with your sources that you own you might be able to hear how good it is. The K701 will help here.
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