Dang! What luck! As far as sound; really full & smooth. Hard to describe, but there just seems to be fewer holes in the stream. The response seems balanced low to high. I have a Softone Model3 player that had 98% of the Paradesia sound except for a mild treble roll off. That is now corrected and I can just bask in the music.
That's the first thing I noticed about the Paradisea..it sounds full in comparison to other DACs and CD players I've heard against it. The tube is definitely doing its job!
I really liked a GE 5 Star 5670 black plate in the Paradisea. It added a bit of extension while maintaining the smoothness that is so great in the DAC. However, the DAC sounds really nice with the stock tube, too.
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