If you have very good sound already, you could try some tube rolling. Amperex tubes sound very good in the Mantissa preamp...I use 7308's, or 6dj8's in mine. Both have very good sound IMO, the 7308's are focused and vivid...everything in it's place. The 6dj8's are less focused, more bloom...a little more forward sounding.
I have RCA clear tops in the front...(not, as big a deal).
Of course the room is some amount of problem, but you already know that. I suspect the long wall placement and near field listening, are the cause of a more neutral sound, and with less air. (probably not a bad thing in that room)
And you are right....sometimes it is the album, and not the system.
Dave
I have RCA clear tops in the front...(not, as big a deal).
Of course the room is some amount of problem, but you already know that. I suspect the long wall placement and near field listening, are the cause of a more neutral sound, and with less air. (probably not a bad thing in that room)
And you are right....sometimes it is the album, and not the system.
Dave