Hi Mike.I would have to concurr with Kana as well.No miniature triode based preamp I have ever heard seems to capture the "soul" of the music quite like a well designed octal tube preamp.I have owned the CAT sig mk2,various versions of Audio Research preamps... from the sp-3a,on up through to the sp-10 mk2,[still in use] the Klimo Merlin as well as the new supratek syrah.ALL of them very highly regarded and while they all make beautiful music.....the Lumi is still "THE reference" in my rig[phono only].Of all the above mentioned preamps-the Klimo Merlin was the closest overall to the Lumi through the phono stage and I want to point out that my observations are based on the phono stage ONLY.Cheers
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