Hi Altec,

I see you are an Audiophile too. I feel the trend these days is for surround only and not for music. This is why I am using my old modified Tube preamp so I can play CD's and hear music again. I use the 1070 for the sub and the SQ is great. I am not able to play SACDs and use the sub. The tube preamp puts out way to much voltage for my amp sI I orders 12db In Line Attenuators. I am hoping that help the bass. I may want a 2nd HSU sub and run a 2nd set of outputs from the tune preamp into the subs and use their crossovers.

Altec, whichg tubes do you use, type and who makes them? I do not like the current Russian tubes, I think they sound like crap.