took a big turn in system change. moving towards dynamics system which get me closer to live music. still fighting with room acoustics and compact room size. Pleasure of vinyl surpass cd by a miles.. almost happy for now but need to KEEP WALKING
thanks.. before moving to karan, i did try a couple amp my self. First was the ASR Emitter II, the ASR was very quiet and smooth and sweet. what it lack was dynamic and ambient, The only music prefer with the ASR was vocal. next searching for a more dynamic capability, i moved to Mark Levinson 33H. the power was great but high and mid are some what hash and dry. and it is very hot. then i finally move to Karan which give me a really smooth sound like the ASR and dynamics (more than levinson) in my point of view. so i am happy for now. Fore the Preamp, the viola labs is extremely transparent preamp. it give dramatic improvement over my two previous preamp [spectral DMC 30SL and Gryphon sonata allegro]. i never achieved a sound stage and transparency that i have now with the previous pre. the viola is really amazing it need to be heard to believe..