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Tube or solid state

My gear:1. Once Analog TT, made here in Aust, with "the wand tonearm" , made in NZ
2. JLTI solid state, a copy from switzeland, made in Aust, from the maker in Switzerland, that has moved back to Aust!!, the have spare RCA Plugs, to load cartridge, I running a Zu?Dennon 103, loading is 300 ohms, any thing bellow this is a boring sound, I have one plug at 300 ohms, in the red socket, and a plug at 220 in the black socket, because I'm trying to shave of some over all harshness, some albums sound great, but overall, I wish to keep the "great bass"!!, and slam, why am I having trouble??
3. PS Audio Pre/Dac pre amp!!4. Channel islands mono blocks, (awesome bass and control), probable the best competent I've bought!!5. Pair of Zu Souls, MK 11Friends, I wish to know where I have gone wrong??To get rid of the edge, and still have great bass, with balls, and slam what should I do??Replace the PS Audio Pre?Dac preamp SS, for a tube unit??, or replace my SS phono stage with a tube unit??Friends I live down on the far south coast, of Australia!!The nearest audio shop, is 4 hours away??To make things worse My Zu cartridge, needs replacing, very soon!!Friends can you get together and solve the above??Many ThanksDavidAust

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If your phono stage is SS then its between upgrading that and the cartridge. I don't know what it'll cost in Oz but the bargain here (and maybe even outright champ) is the Herron VTPH-2A. Not a pure tube design but you can be sure anything harsh you hear is not coming from the Herron!

But really, before buying anything you should spend some time trying out as many things as you can get for audition. At the very least it will help to ID which of your components is contributing what to the overall sound you are hearing.
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