Listening to my Raven and Don/Lynn's 300b monos, with my Cube Audio Jazzon speakers, is an experience that transports me to another realm... of pure musical enjoyment in an astonishing fashion. I am not embellishing what I am hearing one bit.
I first connected with Don over 15 years ago when Jim McShane passed him the mantle of upgrading vintage Harmon Kardon amps and preamps, an almost insane task. He upgraded my C-I, CII, and C-V to astonishing levels. However, he thought about perfecting the Tubes4Hifi octal-based preamp with a more simplified topology and certainly took that inherently excellent design to masterful levels with his first preamp, his second preamp, and now the Raven.
My tubeoholics friends marvel at the sound of my system with his and Lynn's newest creations in my rack. As you can see, both of these designers work tirelessly to provide gear to astonish listeners with vivid tonally pure sounds, where the music just seems to float between the speakers and invites me to enjoy my music to the maximum extent possible. Don for sure listens to his system daily and hourly so he lives with his creations in his own systems and always has an eye towards subtle or significant improvements in his electronics. I am a big fan and his preamp is simply outstanding. I'd imagine his 300b monos, while pricey, would fair well against any of uber expensive 300b monos in the market. Maybe one of the audiophile magazines will seek these units for review. ;-)
