What can you tell me about First Sound pre-amps?

Mphnkns, I'm going to play Devil's Advocate here...and I'm also going to don my full Nomex suit in anticipation of the flames.

Have you ruled out, or can you rule out, that the First Sound Presence Deluxe II is not to blame for the glare you hear, and is instead revealing some deficiencies in your source component(s)?

Guido, that's a lot of models no matter how you cut it.

No kidding TVAD about the number of variants. Even with the spreadsheet I tend to get confused.
And you are right, it would be interesting to learn about the rest of Mphnkns's system.

Too many options. He should simplify, or at least re-organize the product line.

I'd like to know what mphnkns's preamp of choice is (I assume it's not the First Sound).

And damn, this disucssion has made me very curious to try the Aesthetic Calypso and the new Herron.

I think you'd have to get into a Callisto (the bgger brother of the Calypso) to meet/better the FS...

Artg, when do you take delivery of that fancy 4 box First Sound preamp?