the old plinius design by steven like sa 100 mk and sa102 sound much
better than sa 103 and reference and the difference in price is big for the new ones with very tiny improvement for that cash if you see cosmetics
wise they almost identical except the new ones comes with the blue back plate this remind me of the original pass labs aleph yes the cubes ones in which i still have sonic wise is far much better of the generation that came after the cube is superior from top to bottom and the mid are
glorious envy of the best of tubes amp the same story goes with plinius
the older ones is better than the new ones let gets the fact straight i had the sa 102 and sa103 the mid on 102 its much more fluid on 103 was more sterile and did not have the texture of the102 the 103 had 1 hair more in the extension high and low in which is not a improvement 102
have better dynamic,pace.and tonal emulation on the voice and instrument are more natural on the 102 that why you see a lot of sa 103
on sale . reference equipment pre cj premier ls17,cello encore,phono preamp einstein. cd 47 labs.jenas labs cable and conditioner amp aleph 5 upgrade plinius sa102 otl tubes amp.turntable linn lp 12 full blown
cartridge ortofon rondo red,kiseki lapiz azuli , miyabi cartridge actual on the linn speaker sonus faber amator electa 1st ver. magnepan1.8 devore gibón and the old faithful quad els 63 with sequerra tweeter
