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
Voraratc: did you ever try the replacement fuses suggested by Rtn1 in the Karan? If so, did it make a large difference? Also, you mention the Esoteric benefits from grounding, something I know to be true from my P/D/G combo. Did you ever try the Granite Audio Ground Zero star-grounding station? I use on and it's never leaving my system; it made one hell of a difference!
That's a great looking system; I'm an Edge NL fan for amps myself but have heard the Karan amps spoken of with similar fanaticism by several friends. What else did you listen to in order to arrive at Karan and how do you like them? I'm not familiar with the Viola Labs piece. Can you shoot me some details on email or on this thread? Happy Listening!