Clive, I do happen to agree with you that preamps have the most "personality" in a system...
My BC3000 is single-ended, and we used single-ended outputs from the Transporter (and SB3, obviously!). Also, Blue Circle tubed preamps are actually very neutral-sounding when compared to the likes of tubed preamps from BAT, Modwright and TAD (these are ones that I've actually compared it to). As I mentioned above, I've done blind listening tests before in this same setup minus the changes stated, and differences were heard quite easily...so I'm scratching my head a little bit here as well. -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35068 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles