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What's your system response on " Feels like home"

Pop the Nora Jones" Feels like home", the whole CD sounds tube like. Either too warm to too dull. Love the CD but the midrange is so big and warm so it gives me a fatigue feeling. Not quite like a blanket over the speakers but something is not quite right with the way it is recorded. My recent set up: 400Xi, Sony es cdp,Hero, 8tc,ls9 Polk. I know I need to upgrade the Ls9 and Sony cdp. How does your system response to the particular cd " Feels like home"? Thank you.
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rotarius
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You obviously have never heard a good tube set-up if you think tube sound is dull and overly warm. Yes, the vocals are upfront and bass is on the heavy side on that CD but overall it sounds quite natural actually. You like the Tizzy sound huh?
rotarius
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No, Rotarius. I don't like the TIZZY sounds.I do not knock tube sounds either. As a matter of fact, I am trying to sell one of my 400Xi to get the tube-intergrated. Again, there is no battle between tubes vs SS here. My apology to all tuby heads. Just a fact that, as much as I love NJ first CD, her second CD sounds darn-good in my car stereo ( little on the bright side)but the second " Feel like home" sounds overly open and too much bass in my home set-up system. However the " comes away with me" sounds wonderful at home or on the roads. I read some where in this web, the 400XI is ruthless to its source. Maybe, that is the case here.Happy listenning.

Well, I am glad you did not intend to knock tubes. I don't think it's the recording, there isn't much use of cymbals and such to produce the usual top end sparkle.
So which tube integrated are you considering?
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