Convergent Audio CAT SL1

“The CAT SL1 Ultimate Mk 2, perhaps this model’s tenth official version, is a knockout line-stage preamp”.

“Space, bass detail, attack and decay — the CAT preamp captured and conveyed it all amidst a corporeality that never drenched the music in excessive tonal color or squeezed the dynamic life out of it. What I appreciated most, though, was that none of these traits dominated, so the presentation lived up to Ken Stevens’ goal of utter neutrality”.