I find the Spectral equipment to be very effective and reasonably priced (relatively speaking, of course) - I've never heard it with Soundlab, but have with Martin Logan, and it was the best I'd heard on Martin Logan. I don't know what the Sound Labs require, but the DMA 100S has amazing bass, incredible detail and soundstaging, and is not a fatigue machine. The Spectral DMC 15 preamp is flat out spectacular, loads of information, goes deeper into the music than any other preamp I've used, awesome soundstage - but it has no remote.
Digital room correction is intriguing, though, since the room determines and sets limits on the sound you can achieve. And I have friends who've sworn off preamps after using variable volume CDs, another reason to go all digital.
good luck!
robert
Digital room correction is intriguing, though, since the room determines and sets limits on the sound you can achieve. And I have friends who've sworn off preamps after using variable volume CDs, another reason to go all digital.
good luck!
robert