Update: I sold all my vintage tube gear about a week ago. Never thought I'd part with it.
In the meantime, I'm using a capable VTL IT85, which is surprisingly good after some judicious tube rolling and other adjustments. But my goal is still to go SS and maybe even get off the tube roller coaster after all these years. Having said that, the VTL is darn easy to use, quite attractive-looking, requires far fewer tubes than my old gear and sounds so good that I may keep it along with whatever solid-state integrated I ultimately purchase. One might say "embarrassment of riches" or maybe even "wretched excess."
What the heck, it's only audio.... and everything is four figures or less.
Last edited by Paolo4223; 03-30-2022 at 09:38 PM.
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