Here is an earlier thread from August 2003 in which Albert Porter offered his assessment of the Aesthetix Janus preamp which he'd had in his home system for a listening opportunity. You may be aware that Albert uses the Aesthetix Io Signature phono stage and Callisto Signature linestage in his system:
http://forum.audiogon.com//cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1060711017&openusid&zzAlbertporter&4&&
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http://forum.audiogon.com//cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1060711017&openusid&zzAlbertporter&4&&
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