@tonkay
An MFA Magus preamp would be interesting to try again. In the late 80's I was demoing one against the Counterpoint 5.1 and ended up going with the pricier Counterpoint - - but it was close. Then the Counterpoint blew up on me too many times, so I sold it and went solid state for awhile (ah, that fun pendulum of tubes and ss!). There was a very captivating flavor of tubes with the Magus. Enjoy!
An MFA Magus preamp would be interesting to try again. In the late 80's I was demoing one against the Counterpoint 5.1 and ended up going with the pricier Counterpoint - - but it was close. Then the Counterpoint blew up on me too many times, so I sold it and went solid state for awhile (ah, that fun pendulum of tubes and ss!). There was a very captivating flavor of tubes with the Magus. Enjoy!