Here is what I think about the LS100 now that I’m running it with the NOS Mullard & Sophia Electric blue tubes:
1)Resolution is stupid good as is soundstage..very 3D
2)Female vocals like Fiona Apple, Jennifer Warnes & Nora Jones are just so present & perfectly reproduced. You could listen all day.
3)Those 70s & 80s recordings that I want to fill the room certainly do. I get a good bit more volume & extension even though I’m still using my old B&K ex4420 while I await the arrival of the dragonN (Tuesday). Rocking out already with Zep, Rush & Van Halen.
*Im demoing an Aurender A200 with Qobuz as source. Hopefully I can try a HiFi Rose and another lower price unit just to see, but there’s nothing not to like about the Aurender other than it’s lack of HDMI & it would be the most expensive component in my rig.
**My Chapman T-7s remain a super loudspeaker. For the $5-6k I have into them, they do everything very well & I simply do not want for anything more-even after listening to Magico & SF offerings