The ones I heard (the 350 watt model at the time) struck me as powerful and a tad grainy. But,to be fair, the grain was in comparison to the mega-buck Levinson system in the other room. What I do remember is that my head was picking out the flaws but my feet were tapping to the music.
Everything put throught the VTL had this effect; I would mentally note the not-quite-perfect hf response, the slight grain perhaps, and so on. And my body would tell me it didn't give a damn...to stop thinking and just enjoy the freakin' music!
Frank Sinatra was illustrative of this; within seconds my fingers are snapping and my other hand is reaching for a whisky.
Everything put throught the VTL had this effect; I would mentally note the not-quite-perfect hf response, the slight grain perhaps, and so on. And my body would tell me it didn't give a damn...to stop thinking and just enjoy the freakin' music!
Frank Sinatra was illustrative of this; within seconds my fingers are snapping and my other hand is reaching for a whisky.