Pedrillo,
Adding a tube preamp to my system a few years ago yielded great improvements as well. Fuller, more natural music with the ability to sound powerful when called upon and delicate when needed. Adding a tube preamp is definitely no guarantee to audio bliss, just one way of helping to transform an analytical system into an emotional one.
What Rives and Slipknot1 offer regarding room acoustics I feel is unarguable and fundamental to achieving good sound. It's the reason that after 15 years of trying, I stopped investing money in car stereos. The best gear in an unsuitable environment can only be so good.
So, after all my pontificating, click on my virtual system and have a gander at my "optimal" acoustic setting. Heheh. At least I'm happy.
Adding a tube preamp to my system a few years ago yielded great improvements as well. Fuller, more natural music with the ability to sound powerful when called upon and delicate when needed. Adding a tube preamp is definitely no guarantee to audio bliss, just one way of helping to transform an analytical system into an emotional one.
What Rives and Slipknot1 offer regarding room acoustics I feel is unarguable and fundamental to achieving good sound. It's the reason that after 15 years of trying, I stopped investing money in car stereos. The best gear in an unsuitable environment can only be so good.
So, after all my pontificating, click on my virtual system and have a gander at my "optimal" acoustic setting. Heheh. At least I'm happy.