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In Reply to: RE: It comes down to preference posted by RGA on April 16, 2021 at 17:32:13:
RGA: "I am even running a hybrid - Audio Note M1 with Wyred4Sound Class D - terrific results - kind of surprising given that back in the day Bel Canto was "nails on a chalkboard" to me. W4S uses the same Technology but modern and it has come a long way. I can listen and enjoy it all day now vs 15 years ago where I was looking to commit Hara Kiri."
That strategy is a tube preamp ahead of s/s power amp. Incidentally, that is a strategy that Morricab as consistently rejected, (unless he's changed his mind recently). Indeed, many people employ this strategy to their great satisfaction. This strategy is found on two concepts: that the tub pre (i) adds some some desire flavor to the sound, and/or (ii) masks the harshness of the s/s power amp.
This is a strategy I'm using myself currently, putting a Sonic Frontier Line 1 ahead of a Purifi amp.
For a start, I'd love to hear your impression of AN preamp ahead of a Purifi amp. The Purifi, I suspect, is significant step up from the W4S you are now using though the W4S is pretty good no doubt.
Purifi is about as close to a "straight wire with gain" as current technology allows. If you have it downstream of your AN preamp you will know that all the "added flavor" is coming from the AN.
NOT the 51st state, eh!?!
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- This tends to validate a certain strategy - Feanor 04:38:08 04/17/21 (0)