And yet again, after saying I was done for a while, 2021 brought another change.  But just one.  I swear.

I had been happier than ever with my system this year, with my turntable really bringing out the best in my Shindo and Thor Audio upstream components, and the shootouts with albums switching back and forth between the Merlins and vintage JBL speakers is really too much fun for words, and the Thors drive both sets of speakers easily, although the JBLs are horns and so I did have in the back of my mind a desire to hear what they would do with a low powered SET amp.

Then, a custom used Toolshed 2A3 amp came onto the market.  I had never owned speakers efficient enough to run a 2A3 amp, but had loved their sound at audio shows.  So I bought the Toolshed, and now can switch back and forth using the same switching device between either set of amps or speakers (although the Toolshed can't drive the Merlins). 

The end result is the sound I've been trying to create forever.  So this time maybe I'm done changing things...