I have resisted answering this thread for sometime now because I wasn't sure if I had really found my audiophile stride, but, now, I think that I have: I'm a tube guy. I think that I have always been but just didn't realize it.
So here goes:
--Sony integrated (not sure of the model or specs---maybe 25 watts/chn)
--Fisher integrated (when I was in college--back when all I thought I had to do to get high-end sound was go to the Good Guys and buy anything w/ 100 watts).
--Cambridge Audio A3i (bought new on Audio Advisor)
--Mistral Integrated (bought a demo from AA)
--Pass Labs Aleph 30 mated to a VTL 2.5 pre
--PS Audio HCA-2 with the VTL
--Rogue 88 w/ Electro Harmonics kt-88s with the vtl.
With that last set up, I have finally found what I'm looking for: Tubes. About the only thing I feel like I want to try is a VTL amp(s) of some stripe.
I don't think that I'm going to be spending much more money, though. Well, okay, I just thought of one more possibility: the SET mono 300b thing. But, still, I'm going to hold onto the Rogue until I know that whatever I buy next actually sounds *better* and not just different.
What's cool is that this whole thing, on balance, has been fun. I haven't really bought anything and felt that it was a "mistake." But fun is what it's all about, right???
So here goes:
--Sony integrated (not sure of the model or specs---maybe 25 watts/chn)
--Fisher integrated (when I was in college--back when all I thought I had to do to get high-end sound was go to the Good Guys and buy anything w/ 100 watts).
--Cambridge Audio A3i (bought new on Audio Advisor)
--Mistral Integrated (bought a demo from AA)
--Pass Labs Aleph 30 mated to a VTL 2.5 pre
--PS Audio HCA-2 with the VTL
--Rogue 88 w/ Electro Harmonics kt-88s with the vtl.
With that last set up, I have finally found what I'm looking for: Tubes. About the only thing I feel like I want to try is a VTL amp(s) of some stripe.
I don't think that I'm going to be spending much more money, though. Well, okay, I just thought of one more possibility: the SET mono 300b thing. But, still, I'm going to hold onto the Rogue until I know that whatever I buy next actually sounds *better* and not just different.
What's cool is that this whole thing, on balance, has been fun. I haven't really bought anything and felt that it was a "mistake." But fun is what it's all about, right???