I call it penultimate cause its always being tweaked, no?
I like the quiet and precision of the SS front end with the majesty and sweetness of the tweaked Wolcotts. Thanks to Albert Porter, Duke and Dillan84 for suggestions, Steve Nugent and Segeui for great cables.
The XX-1 is now discontinued, replaced by the XX-2 (different design). My only experience with it is hearing my friends. He originally had his mounted on a VPI HW-19 MK-4, can't remember what arm. Now he has it on an Audiomeca Romance/Romeo arm. In both cases I loved the sound. Soundstage is wide, deep and 3D; better on the Audiomeca setup. His setup - same amps as myself, ARC SP-8 pre, Alon Lotus SE speakers. Here is a link to my system:
My system is set up on the short wall of a small room - 9'x13'. It sounds like the narrower soundstage of the PX-2 would work well for me. Plus, the forward presentation would work well with the extremely laid-back presentation of my Alon I mkII. I have a Dynavector XX-1 that has never been mounted. Do you think this would be a good match on the PX-2?
Ivanj, I noticed that you have changed your analog front end. How better does the PX-2 perform than the LP-12? I've been very curious about the PX-2 and PX-3. BTW, nice rig!