Both Ear Yoshino and Audio Note have distinctive warm sound and these two UK manufacturers are cherrished by french audiophiles. Their gear sounds much better than any McIntosh, Carry or AR I can think of. We also have here Jadis and some other highly appreciated names. French audiophiles love tubes. For many of them Ear Yoshino 912 is the Holy Grail in tube preamplification, which I have owned too. Very nice and warm sound. However, I personally use today Atma Sphere gear, wich is in my humble opinion even better. It is made in USA. So my first choice would be Atma Sphere MP-3, and second Yoshino 912.
