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What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps?
but frequent doses of live unamplified music in varied reverberant spaces in a variety of genres will do wonders in your search for…… ?   
What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps?
exactly why we  ( some of us ) and in industry make own reference recordings and or sponsor same….. coloration starts with microphone selection and placement….. yes…there are a few companies chasing accurate…..  
Synergy
Wallytools 101 my motivation for the reference to Mr. Carr was you left his reputation hanging for a bit there…. And in any dealings i have had w him have been beyond reproach     
What makes One Music Server Sound Better than Another?
I will say, my own admittedly incomplete experience / experimentation ( sighted but w strict level matching ) have led me to running ROON Core on a Nuclueus with a Pardo LPS , on a combination of Panzerholtz and HRS isolation fed by a gamer netgea... 
What makes One Music Server Sound Better than Another?
Well….Bruce Willis might have said it best… ( about the space shuttle ) “ one million parts built by the low bidder “… ha. i worked on shuttle and other exotic and mundane things…. but i guess that is a past life… My point, if i had much of one…... 
What makes One Music Server Sound Better than Another?
hopefully value applies to systems North of $100 K….. i know it does for me ( one vote, but whispered… )  
Synergy
For the record, i consider all of us “ flakes “….. in the words of B.B. King : “ Only my mama loves me, and she could be jiving too “  
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@jcarr ?   
Anthony (Tony) Cordesman has passed away
and thank you for your essential service to USA. RIP  
What qualities stand out in really good solid state preamps?
It is a course a very worthy question.. like finding words for wine…you may never taste or describing the imagined swing of a fine Bespoke English double…. before a first hunt…. I might add dynamic relief, attack, slam, immediacy, air around harm... 
Need stand recommendation for Gershman studio IIs
Do pay attention to tweeter / ear ht advice…..  
Brag About Your Vinyl Collection
Stones - Some Girls - Banned Cover….   
Need stand recommendation for Gershman studio IIs
Sound anchors….. worth every $  
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Roll em IF ya got em. You should check out the muscular Kuzma… seems to work well in my systems…. @rvpiano You might like the Benz wood bodies….  
Herron HL-1 Preamplifier, Solid State; Herron still in business? Thoughts about sound?
Keith is wonderful - i have his last phono preamp model. As a SS alternative, i would strongly recommend anything Ayre.