" @zlone ...owned the Benchmark LA4 and I really liked it, but it is neutral, bordering on sterile."
"@toro3 ...some tube dimensionality within and between your Benchmark system I’d be curious how something like a Modwright Analog Bridge would sound."
Thus potentially adding some good old ear pleasing distortion back in to the mix to make it sound less sterile and more engaging. Kinda helps to surface once again that perfect signal and response graphs, and best of class signal to noise ratios aren’t everything when it gets down to actual listening enjoyment for some folks.