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Back to Solid State(No More!) I missed the musicality, 3 dimensional sound stage and the "in the room realism" of my VAC tube electronics and sold all my solid state equipment and returned to the magic of Kevin Hayes at VAC and Kevin Malgrem at Evolution Acoustics. I am listening to music again. Winning the EAR DAC in a raffle allowed me to add the magic of tubes to my digital front end. The sleeper component in my system is the Snake River Audio cabling; it offers the uncanny ability to provide all the inner detail and nuance we want in a musical way without being analytical. Snake River Audio is one to consider.
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    • Baetis Audio Revelation II
    Music Server
    • EMM Labs DAC 2X
    Ed Meitner's superb 2X DSD D/A converter.
    • Continuum Criterion Turntable w/Copperhead
    Continuum's entry level Criterion with Copperhead arm
    • Ortofon A-90
    Moving Coil Cartridge
    • Valve Amplification Company Signature 2a w/Phono
    Kevin Haye's masterpiece Pre amp and Phono
    • Valve Amplification Company (VAC) Phi 200 Mono blocks
    200 wars/ channel
    • Evolution Acoustics MM2
    Ribbon tweeter; 2-7 inch ceramic midrange with 15' powered woofer.
    • Snake River Audio Bloomslang Digital Cable
    1M SPDIF cable
    • Snake River Audio Mamushi Signature ICs
    5.5M XLR; gold/silver mix with 24k gold coating
    • Snake River Audio Mamushi Signature Speaker Cables
    3 meter pair with spades.
    • Synergistic Research Tesla Powercell 10SE
    Amazing power conditioner.
    • Billy Bags Professional Equipment Rack
    5 shelf rack
    • Audio Desk Systeme Vinyl LP Cleaner
    Ultrasonic and mechanical cleaning cycles
    • Furutech Room Diffusers
    Room treatment panels
    • Billy Bags LP3678
    LP Stand; 36' X 78'; ;Holds 1000 LPs
    • Herbies Audio Lab Titanium Giant Speaker Decouplers
    8 speaker Decouplers in titanium.
    • Psvane 12AX7 phono tubes
    Swapped 6 stock tubes in VAC Signature with 6 of these.
    • Shuguang Black Treasure 6SN7
    6SN7 input tubes for VAC Phi 200 amplifiers/ 2 per amp

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Hifimanic,

The change your made is really interesting. So are you letting go the deep bass by using a pair of small monitors? I was using Krell 350mcx and KCT but then later sold the KCT because I find the overall sound a bit too analytical (but I love Krell's dynamics though). What preamp would you recommend me to try? Is BAT VK-51SE good or Pass Labs X1 good with Krell power?
Your advices are very appreciated! Thanks!

Daiwai

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