There are lots of proponents of smoother, more liquid sound. They all seem to share a couple of traits - tubes, vinyl, copper wire, and staying away from metal dome tweeters.
I also have found smooth bliss with my tubed Audio Prism Mantissa preamp (Hi, Sogood51) feeding a near Rev A McCormack DNA .5 amp. I've got speakers with a very even and musical sound (yes, soft dome Scanspeak tweeters), but I modded them myself to get them there. The vinyl sounds great with a tubes phono stage (Hagerman Coronet) and the digital is smooth and detailed enough that I don't constantly feel the need to play vinyl (EA modded Sony 7700 into a modded ART DI/O). Belden 89248/89259 IC's feed everything.
You may notice a common theme - everything is modded or DIY. I never could have gotten where I am without slinging some soldier, unless I had oodles of $$$ and lots of time and patience to try and try again.
Good luck,
Bob
I also have found smooth bliss with my tubed Audio Prism Mantissa preamp (Hi, Sogood51) feeding a near Rev A McCormack DNA .5 amp. I've got speakers with a very even and musical sound (yes, soft dome Scanspeak tweeters), but I modded them myself to get them there. The vinyl sounds great with a tubes phono stage (Hagerman Coronet) and the digital is smooth and detailed enough that I don't constantly feel the need to play vinyl (EA modded Sony 7700 into a modded ART DI/O). Belden 89248/89259 IC's feed everything.
You may notice a common theme - everything is modded or DIY. I never could have gotten where I am without slinging some soldier, unless I had oodles of $$$ and lots of time and patience to try and try again.
Good luck,
Bob