Jfrech read my mind on this. Tell us about your LP playback, and record cleaning routine, and then everyone can be more helpful.
FWIW, CJ amps don't exactly have a rep for being "ruthlessly revealing". Although quite musical, commonly held view is that if anything they are a touch on the forgiving side(granted, most of these comments are about their tube amps, not ss).
Regardless, IMHO, buying gear to intentionally mask the imperfections of your upstream gear is a dangerous philosophy to use when building a system. But that's a whole 'nother thread...Cheers,
Spencer
FWIW, CJ amps don't exactly have a rep for being "ruthlessly revealing". Although quite musical, commonly held view is that if anything they are a touch on the forgiving side(granted, most of these comments are about their tube amps, not ss).
Regardless, IMHO, buying gear to intentionally mask the imperfections of your upstream gear is a dangerous philosophy to use when building a system. But that's a whole 'nother thread...Cheers,
Spencer