passage from the bassist ......sorry dont remember his ...oh yes now I do remeber his name it was very painful watching Christian Mcbride smoke on e of those 300b tubes.....Then my dad sent me ...bless his sole.....get ready for it...the McIntosh c22 preamp and the 275 amp all restored Mac gear from the 1965's ........it was great with the Decapos' but not very TRANSPARENT!
so off it went to somewhere .....and then back to the pass J2, the pass was still great. BUT I had an attack of upgradeitis so I sold the Decappos to a buddy and bought the OLN 3 prestige whatever/// They are very, very, very good with my new pass 30.8!!!!!
So I will never sell the 30.8's ever....oh forgot to mention they worked wonders with the decapos...too BUT NOT as good as the Audio Space amps.
Hey it's a long winded post that maybe I should have just said it's a journey with this hobby...and you are on a path that is best decided with experimentation......kinda like trying to decide who you are going to marry?? Sometimes it all depends on your circumstances and ohhhh cynical your bank account.
Or from a scientist perspective...speakers and amps are a systems problem😂
Best wishes
Charlie