conrad johnson GAT vs ACT 2 series 2

Agreed. I went from act2.2 to gat and the gat made the act's treble seem quite shrill/strident. Gat is a lot more natural, delicate with more body and a lot more gutsy bass. The sound is warmer and less steely. Also the gat makes far better sense of everything. Going back to the act2.2 it can actually sound muddled with some music compared to the gat. There is a big difference between the two imo/ime. Very different sounding preamps.

Congrats, Lotus. Enjoy!

Has anyone compared the gat to other totl tube preamps from other brands ?

Lloydelee someone was recently selling a GAT for $8K and I really wanted it badly but having lost about 20% to 25% of my retirement fund in the last 2 years I really couldn’t justify it to my wife.  That said, maybe you can answer a question for me.  I need a lot of inputs in my set-up and was wondering if one could use some of the other inputs other those with the typical designations (CD, tuner, etc).  For example, there is one designated EP1 if I recall.  Could I use that for for say a tuner or CD?