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I doubt that you have a "slow ear." At the level of refinement that you're working with using these 2 pieces, I imagine the differences between them are pretty subtle. Subtle differences are not readily apparent; but they're there. This, BTW, is my biggest beef with the concept of DBT. DBT depends upon the subject's ability to recognize differences after a very short exposure to the DUT -- and not all differences are immediately apparent. Most DBT proponents claim that DBT shows there are no reliably perceptable differences between, say, 2 interconnects. What DBT really shows is that there are no differences that can be perceived within the time window that the subject was exposed to them. That's a different statement.

On a more practical level, your experience points out the need for dealers to arrange for home demos of equipment for serious buyers of seriously high-end equipment. I gather from what you're say, if you walked into a store and listened to the BAT preamp for an hour, you'd be very unlikely to scrap your Krell and double your investment by purchasing the BAT. If you did so, it would likely be the result of "invalid" reasons like "tubes are better than ss" or "BAT is really cool; and this is the coolest of BAT preamps" or "Victor K is an active AA participant, so his stuff must be great" etc. etc.

Fortunately, for me, I'm on the lower end of the price-performance curve. So -- I suspect the differences between what I own and more expensive stuff would not be so subtle. I could probably walk into a store and easily hear the difference between my KAV-300i and a KRC-3/FB200 combination or a VK-50SE/FPB 200 combination. That's one reason I stay OUT of audio stores!

Now, I know why "the little voices are telling [you] to get back to work."

Good listening!!

RBB --
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